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A new decision to segregate rail road cars by rance, as long as the accommodations were equal
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formed by a group of students committed to nonviolent direct means of change (against racism)
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Jackie Robinson was the first black man to join the Dodgers team under the general manager Branch Rickey. Many players didn't like having Robinson on the team, and often tried to injure him while playing.But this was the first step leading to black men playing alongside white men on professional teams.
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Southern delegates walked out of the 1948 democratic convention in protest, thus supporting the civil rights legislations. (formed the now called democratic party)
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There were numerous laws and rules restricting black citizens the right to vote, of even some whos votes wouldn't count in the polls. Gerrymandering, white primary, disenfranchise etc.
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After fighting in ww2, American leaders wanted to try and rebuild their military to be able to beat nazism and communism while not having to worry about segregation at home. In 1948 Truman signed the executive order 9981, desegregating the military.
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the ruling that railroad cars, theaters, libraries, parks, and other transportation services.
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7 year old Linda Brown faced an issue of segregation in schools thus causing her to travel miles away for schooling even though there was a school for the whites just around her street. Her father took the case to court, filed a class action lawsuit, and won the case