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the trains were defiant of the seperate but equal laws
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the national accociation for the advancment of colored people is founded
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jackie robinson becomes the first african american baseball player
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"It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin."
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emmit till, an african american, is kiddnapped and brutally murdered for whistling at a white girl
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rosa parks refused to move out of the front of the "colored" section for a white man and is arrested. this started the "montgomery bus boycott"
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nine african american refused to leave a school after being blocked at the front door.
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Martin Luther King gives his "ihave a dream" speech and about 200,000 people join in on "the march on washington"
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the bodies of three civil rights workers are found. two withes and one black were arrested on speeding charges then released to the ku klux klan and then killed by them.
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black nationalist Malcom X is shot and killed
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around 50 people are hospitalized after marching for rights and being blocked by tear gas, whips, and clubs
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the black panthers are founded by huey newton
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Martin Luther King is killed at age 39 on the porch of his hotel room by james earl ray
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president johnson signs civil rights act of 1968 prohibiting discrimination on estate sales and rentals.
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negro histery week turns into black histery month
