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In 1954, Linda Brown and her family sued the local board of education
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In the case_Brown V Board of Education, Topeka, Kansas, the Supreme Court ruled that segregated schools were inherently unequal.
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In 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person on a Montgomery, Alabama public bus.
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Little Rock Nine
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The SNCC
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Freedom Riders Protest the wrongness of Buses
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James Meredith became the first African American student to be admitted to the University of Mississippi.
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The Black Panthers Promoted BLACK POWER
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March of Washington Took Place
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24th Amendment Prohibits Poll Taxes