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The Supreme Court unanimously rules that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat and sit at the back of the bus in the "colored section". As a response to Parks' arrest, the black community boycotted bus rides for over a year.
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Martin Luther King Jr. becomes the President of the SCLC, where he bases its principles on nonviolence and civil disobedience.
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Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham, Alabama. While in jail, he writes "Letter from Birmingham Jail", suggesting that individuals have a moral duty to disobey unjust laws.
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Thousands of people gather at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. where Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his " I Have a Dream" speech.
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President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that prohibits discrimination of all kinds.
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During a speech on the balcony of his hotel room, Martin Luther King Jr. is shot and killed.