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The crucial timespan for the equality of Blacks and Whites
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1920-1930s
This is an artistic and intelectual movement that created a new cultural identity. -
The campaign lasted from December 1, 1955, when Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing togive up her seat to a white person, to December 20, 1956
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In 1957 King and other activists form the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. This group was used to conduct non-violent protests
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The crisis in Little Rock, in which nine black students were to begin the school year in a previous all-white school, begins. The Governor deploys the state's National Guard to support segregationist protesting,
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A public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Three American civil rights' workers were shot at close range by members of the Ku Klux Klan, The three had been working on the "Freedom Summer" campaign, attempting to register African Americans to vote.
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This year marked the end of the Jim Crow Laws that had black people in fear from 1876-1965
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Martin Luther King Jr is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.
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African-American who became nationally known after being beaten by Los Angeles police officers.
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The first African-American President of the United States.