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Truman signs Executive Order 9981
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Ruling that said that "seperate but equal" was unconstitutional in schools. Lead to integration
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Rosa parks arrested for sitting in the front of the bus where whites sit.
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James Meredith was the first black student to enroll in the Uniersity of Mississippi
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Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Birmingham, Alabama
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Martin Luther King Jr. presents his world famous I Have A Dream speech
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200,000 people join the march on washington
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4 little girls died in the bombing of a church in Birmingham, Alabama
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Many people injured one killed during bloody sunday
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Bill Cosby is the first african-american to be a starring role on american television
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James Meredith gets shot during a march
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Martin Luther King Jr. gets shot on his balconey
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Diahann Carroll is the first African-American actress
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Micheal Jackson releases thriller, the top selling album of all time
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Guion Bluford, first african-american in space
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Rosa Parks dies at the age 92
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First African-American president, Barack Obama
