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Supreme court case Sweatt vs. Painter ruled that black professional schools are not equal to white schools.
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1950's and 1960's civil rights timeline.
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Timeline of important social, economic, and political events from the civil rights 1950s and 60s
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Got rid of quota system, changed immigration from Europe to Latin America.
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Deported some 3 milllion allegedly undocumented entrants.
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Rosa parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man.
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Little Rock 9 goes to Little Rock Central High School.
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SNCC, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Comittee was formed.
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Indian New Deal, plans to end tribes and assimilate them into American culture, ends.
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Betty Friednan publishes the Feminine Mystique and starts the moden feminist movement.
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Equal Employment Opportunity Comission serve as a watchdog for fair hiring process.
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Malcom X was killed by Nation of Islam gunman
