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President Truman signs Executive Order 9981
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Brown v. Board of Education Topeka case where the Supreme Court bans segregation in all public schools in the United States
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•December 1, 1955: In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat for a white man, causing a bus boycott by the Black community
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20,000 prople gather together to Hear the speeches against racism; among them is Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream”
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A Birmingham church is bombed, resulting in the deaths of 4 girls
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A poll tax used to prevent African Americans from votinging was outlawed in the 24th Amendment
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is passed, which forbid racial discrimination
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Martin Luther King Jr. leads a 54-mile march to support black voter registration. They marched from Selma to Montgomery.
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A Voting Rights Act is approved
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While outside his home, Martin Luther King Jr. is murdered by James Earl Ray
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Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968