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Segregation in schools
In the case of Brown v. Board of Education, the Supreme Court rules segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. -
"I refuse to give up my spot"
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat for a white man and she was arrested for this action shortly after. -
No Blacks Allowed!!
The governor of Arkansas blocks nine black students from entering an all white school. -
We demand fair treatment
Four black college students stage a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter. -
"I have a dream"
Over 200,000 people join in the march on Washington -
Your never to old to get punished
The ringleader of the 1964 homicide of two whites and one black civil rights workers, Edgar Killen, was is finally convicted of manslaughter.