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Cry the Beloved Country is published
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Racial discrimination is institutionalized
This took place sometime in 1948, I do not have an exact date. -
Truman signs Executive Order 9981
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(A) Apartheid Speech Given in Congress
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up bus seat
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference is made
No specific date, it is made in Jan-Feb. -
James Meredith becomes the 1st black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi
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MLK is jailed
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Martin Luther gives his I Have a Dream speech
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President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Blacks begin a march to Montgomery in suppport of voting rights
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Martin Luther King is assassinated
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President Johnson signs the Civvil Rights Act of 1968 prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing
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Congress passes the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to make it easier for Southern blacks to register to vote