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ight racism and violence against all people of color in the United States.
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Supreme court delivered unanimous segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional.
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Rosa Parks rejected a drivers order to leave a row of seats in the front for a White person
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The desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas
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first federal civil rights legislation since Reconstruction
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four African American college students refused to leave a whites-only Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Civil rights activist who rode interstate buses into segregated Southern US
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advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans
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judge granted city officials an injunction banning all anti-segregation protest activity in the city of Birmingham.
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The act outlawed segregation in public places and employment discrimination.
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legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.
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Martin Luther King Jr., who was shot to death
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British soldiers shot 26 unarmed civilians during a protest march in the Bogside area of Derry, Northern Ireland.
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Jackie Robinson stepped onto Ebbets Field for his first game with the Brooklyn Dodgers.