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The Supreme Court declares separate but equal, giving more power to Jim Crow Laws.
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A 14 year old Emmett Till kidnapped and murdered for conversing with a white woman.
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Rosa Parks was not willing to give her seat to sit in the back of a bus, this started boycotts across the state of Alabama.
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In 1962, the Supreme Court declares inter-racial marriage is legal in Virginia.
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James Meredith was the first African American to attend the University of Mississippi. This caused chaos, John F. Kennedy had to send troops to obtain order.
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A nonviolent march to improve job situations and freedoms for everyone. Martin Luther King Jr. gives his " I Had A Dream " speech here.
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It is declared illegal to discriminate against race, religion, or gender. This also desegregate public areas.
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These two confessed to the kidnapping and murder of Emmett Till, both died of cancer. A case could not be pursued because of the insignificant amount of evidence.
