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King and various of Christian attacked the city’s segregation system by putting pressure on Birmingham’s merchants during the Easter season, the second biggest shopping season of the year.
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9 black students were enrolled into the white school. Eisenhower sent more than 1000 military troops to escort them to school.
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Was made to protect African American right to vote. Created civil rights section in Department of Justice.
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Four African Americans agreed to sit at the white's room. 300 African Americans joined later.
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James Farmer- CORE leader, together with white and African American volunteers traveled to Montgomery as a sign of the refusal. When they arrived, KKK attacked them.
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James Meredith, African American veteran applied to the University of Mississippi but was refused. After that, JFK sent 500 troop units to escort Meredith.
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King and various of Christian attacked the city’s segregation system by putting pressure on Birmingham’s merchants during the Easter season, the second biggest shopping season of the year.
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King and 200,000 people went to support the legislation of the bill in Congress. Different people of different races assembled and gave speeches to pass the bill.
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Act gave federal government the power to prevent racial discrimination and segregation.
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Let to the voting rights act of 1965. Marthin Luther King tried to pass the act by the march.
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Act was passed after Selma March. Allowed black people to have registered votes and prohibited discriminatory devices like literacy test.
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Was killed by a sniper at his hotel balcony in Memphis. Caused various riots and creation of Civil Rights Act of 1968.
