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Abolished racial segregation in the armed focers and led to the end of segregation in all government services.
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National Guard troops were sent in to intergrate a highschool and to protect the first nine african american students that were going there.
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Declared making sperate schools for blacks and whites is unconstitutional.
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14 year old black boy who was murdered in Mississippi after whistling at a white lady
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Rosa parks was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man, this incident sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which lasted for a year.
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African American Civil Rights organization, first president was MLK
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African americans protested racial segregatio in diners in North Carolina by taking up space and not ordering.
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Student organizations in the north that helped the african american population in the deep south.
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Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses to the segregated south.
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Civil rights writer and activist, 1960’s
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Led to a new way to disperse protesters, persecute and attack them on the streets of southern cities.
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MLK wrote a letter while in Birmingham to his fellow clergymen in response to critisism and also talking about future course of action in the Civil Rights movemement.
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One of the largest humanitarian marches in Washington D.C. where MLK had his "I have a dream speech".
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KKK bombs black meeting church and kills 4 little girls
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Abbolished a poll tax in the U.S. where southern states could prohibit or try and hinder african americans from voting.
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Act in 1964 that outlawed major acts of discrimination against racial, ethnic, and religious groups
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three young civil rights workers—a 21-year-old black Mississippian, James Chaney, and two white New Yorkers, Andrew Goodman, 20, and Michael Schwerner, 24—were murdered near Philadelphia.
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Landmark law that prohibits state-led, racial discrimination in voting.
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Malcolm X was killed in New York City.
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60 day unrest in Watts Neighborhood
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Executive Order about money with blacks
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The Black Panthers organization was founded.
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Court case which argued over inter-racial marraige, further development towards racial integration.
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The Selma to Montgomery marches, also known as Bloody Sunday and the two marches that followed, were marches and protests held in 1965 that marked the political and emotional peak of the American civil rights movement.
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Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader of the African-American civil rights movement
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Provided for equal housing opportunities regardless of race
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Law provided the right to trial by jury for discrimination claims.
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Series of riots, lootings, arsons and civil disturbance that occurred following a police brutality video.