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A young girl in Kansas was denied admission to an all white elementary school. The Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
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A 14-year-old African American boy was lynched and brutally murdered in Drew, Mississippi. The case helped fuel the early Civil Rights Movement.
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A woman called Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. She was later arrested. This sparked the 381-day Montgomery Bus Boycott. These events led to the desegregation of public buses.
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Nine African American students who intergrated Central High School in Little Rock. This challenged racial segregation in public schools. Enforcing the Brown v. Board of Education case ruling.
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Four African American college students sat at the segregated counter of the F.W. Woolworth store. It demonstrated the power of peaceful protests. This event later on led to the desegregation of Woolworth's lunch counter and other businesses in the South.
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This event involved Civil Rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated South.
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This was a letter of passionate defense of nonviolent disobedience. This was to justify the peaceful protests.
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Over 250,000 people gathered in Washington D.C. to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. This brought national attention to the struggle for racial and economic justice.