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By synnevelevos

  • James Meredith attended the University of Mississippi

    He was the first African American to attend the school

  • Brown vs. Board of Education

    The Supreme Court's ruling ended segregation of public schools

  • Rosa Parks Arrested

    Parks' arrest triggered to the Montgomery Bus Boycott
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    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    The boycott led to the end of segregation on transportation services in Montgomery

  • Little Rock Nine Integrate Central High School

    President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock to protect the "Little Rock Nine"

  • March on Washington

    MLK delivered his "I Have A Dream" speech at this event

  • Congress passed the Civil Rights Act

    The law ended segregation in most public places

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated

    James Earl Ray killed MLK at the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, TN

  • Bloody Sunday

    Civil rights workers were beaten in Selma, AL, by police