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African Americans faced discrimination and prejudice in the US
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21 states in the US had segregated schools
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The supreme Court announced that segregation in schools is unconstitutional
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Rosa Parks was arrested for declining her seat on a bus to a white man
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9 African American students tried many times to get into a white school with no success
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He was the Nation of Islams most effective leader
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Taking place from Febuarary 1st- July 25th, Woolworths lost 1/3 of its business
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KKK bombed a church that killed 4 girls getting ready for choir practice
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Literacy Tests had to be administered before you could vote. Since most African Americans were uneducated, most of them failed the tests
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed by James Earl Ray in Memphis
