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Declaring that segregation was unconstitutional in schools. It paved the way to protest against segregation and other aspects of life
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Emmett Till was brutally murdered for supposivly whisteling at a passing white women.
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Rosa Parks refuseses to give up her bus seat to a white passanger.
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The Sothern Christian Leadership Conference was founded in this time by Charles K Steele, Fred L Shuttlesworth, and Martin Luther King
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Nine students are blocked from using a colledge. Then riots broke out and federal troops had to stop it.
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Four black students in Greensboro, NC begin a sit-in at a segregated diner.
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James Meredith becomes the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. 5000 federal troops are needed to stop the rioting
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Martin Luther King is arrested for protesting without a perment
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Attended by 250,000 people, this is were Martin Luther King says his famous speach "I have a dream"
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4 black girls are killed by a bomb at their local church. Riots break out and 2 other black youth men died in the riots.
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President Johnson sights the Civil Rights Act. It prohibits discrimination against race, color, religon, and national origin.
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Founder of the organization of Afro-American unity was assassinated
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Blak Panthers are founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale
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Major riots take place in Newark and Detroite
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The leader of the anti-segregation protesters was shot and murdered on this day.