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Brown v. Board of Education, : A lawsuit was filed against the Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. 20 african american students had to walk 6 blocks to the bus stop and ride a bus to a segregated elementary school a mile away, when there was a white school just 7 blocks away. The case at first ruled in the district’s favor, but the case went all the way to the supreme court.
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Montgomery bus boycott, 1955-1956: This started when Rosa Parks was arrested because she did not give her seat up to a white person. After this, the NAACP decided to boycott the busses. The boycott was successful and segregation on busses was stopped.
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Clyde Kennard, a black Korean War Veteren wanted to enroll in the Missississippi Southern Collage. However he was denied access and was arrested. Later, in 1962, a new student, James Meredith was granted access. At first, he was physically blocked from entering the school, until the judicial system had the governor fined $10,000 a day James was blocked. Eventually, Robert Kennety had to send troops to escort James
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At first, four African American students sat in a Woolworths restuant. Even though they were denied service, they were allowed to sit in the restuant until closing time. They returned the next day, this time with around 25 other students. 6 months later, the same original African American students were served lunch.
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This happened when nine high school students were accepted into a white high school. The nine high schools were abused and bullied. The mayor requested federal troops to escort the students. The soldiers came to escort the students and were majorly successful.
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The march on washington was one of the biggest marches in the civil rights movement. The march cost a lot of money, but was very successful in turning the tide of the civil rights movement.
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John F. Kennedy proposed a Civil RIghts Act and he signed in the bill, banning discrimination based on "race, color, religion, sex or national origin".
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James Powell was killed by Police Lieutenant Thomas Gilligan. Thomas shot three bullets, two which hit and killed James. The incident brought the attention of nearly 300 students in a nearby school. The shooting set off six nights of rioting.
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Barack Obama: Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th president. He is also the first African American President.
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George Zimmerman killed 17 year old Trayvon Martin. George first called the police and said "We've had some break-ins in my neighborhood, and there's a real suspicious guy.". Trayvon started running home and George started following him. He ended the call and shot Trayvon
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Marquette Frye, driving his mother's car was pulled over for reckless driving. His mother came and was pushed. Frye was hit, and both of them retaliated and got arrested. There was a riot in Watts and it lasted six days. Martial Law was declared and in the end, 34 people died, 1,032 were injured, and 3438 was arrested
