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Louisiana had a law that African-Americans and whites must take separate railway cars. Homer Adolph Plessy went on a white railway car and refused to move, he was arrested.
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Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till in Money, Mississippi went to a grocery store and was accused of flirting with a white cashier. 4 days later, Emmett was kidnapped, beaten and shot by 2 white men. The jury acquitted them..
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ended segregated busing.
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9 African- american students from Little Rock are chosen to go to Central High School. Governor Faubus didnt want the 9 students to attend Central High School so he made the National Guard Surround the school to prevent them from attending. From that, president Eisenhower got the 101st Airborne Division to protect the students.
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In Greensboro NC, David Richmond, Franklin McCain, Ezell Blair, and Joseph McNeil go to Woolworth's "white only" counter and try to be served.
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this was fought between the southern segregationist civilians and federal and state forces. protesters were protesting against James Meredith.
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nonviolent direct action and through the media
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tried to register as many African-American as possible in mississippi, this was a volunteer campaign in the United States.
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outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
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violent public disorder that turned into a civil disturbance in Detroit, Michigan.
