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Jackie Robinson became the first African American to play baseball during the modern era.
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President Truman established the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services, mandating the desegregation of the U.S. military.
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A Supreme court debate that resulted in the conclusion that separating children in schools because of race was unconstitutional.
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A 14 year old named Emmett Till was murdered for allegedly teasing a white store clerk.
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Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for refusing to give up her seat on the bus to a white man.
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A boycott by the African American citizens in which they refused to ride the buses and chose different ways to get places. Such as hitch-hiking and other forms of transportation.
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President Eisenhower sent troops to Little Rock to ensure the safety of nine African American students that went to what people wanted to be a all- white school.
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President Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act. Which marked the first occasion that they took a step to solve the Civil Rights issues.
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An act of nonviolent protest against a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Riots broke out at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, involving locals, students, and segregationists protesting James Meredith's enrollment in an all-white school.
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A non-violent protest against discrimination and segregation by many African American kids.
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A protest by Alabama Governor George Wallace. Where he physically blocked the entrance to the University of Alabama to prevent two African American students, Vivian Malone and James Hood, from registering for classes.
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Medgar Evers was shot through the heart after he started to look into Emmett Till's murder.
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A non-violent protest led by Martin Luther King Jr. Where he made his " I Have A Dream" speech. Many whites and blacks gathered to listen to the speech. And it helped motivate the fight for equality.
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A bombing caused by members of the KKK. This attack fatally killed four girls.
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A bunch of college students in Mississippi had the goal of increasing the registration of African American voters.
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This act outlawed segregation in businesses such as schools, theaters, restaurants, and hotels. Or any public place.
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Malcolm X was shot fatally in the chest, shoulder, arms, and legs in the Harlem Audubon Ballroom in New York . It was discovered during the autopsy that he had 21 gunshot wounds.
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A big day in the fight for desegregation and equality. This helped lead to the Voting Rights Act of 1965
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The law allowed states to directly intervene in the electoral process in certain locations, prohibiting the practices of denying voting rights based on race.
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A party formed for protection to African Americans. It protected black communities from police brutality and discrimination.
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A court ruling where the Supreme Court ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Martin Luther King Jr. stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. Where was fatally shot on that balcony. He was rushed to the hospital. However, he was pronounced dead at St. Joseph's Hospital.