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President Lincoln issued an executive order freeing enslaved people in the U.S.
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In the 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws under the doctrine of "separate but equal," establishing a legal framework for segregation in the United States for nearly 60 years.
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded to fight for civil rights and end racial discrimination.
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The Supreme Court declared that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional.
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Nine black students integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, under federal troop protection.
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14-year-old Emmett Till was brutally murdered in Mississippi for allegedly whistling at a white woman, galvanizing national outrage and activism.
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This boycott was created in light of the Rosa Parks arrest, which challenged bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama.
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Four Black college students staged a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter, sparking a wave of nonviolent protests.
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Integrated groups rode buses into the segregated South to challenge non-enforcement of Supreme Court rulings. -
Peaceful protesters marched from Selma to Montgomery demanding voting rights; faced brutal police violence, spurred reform.
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lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
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Upheld busing as a tool to achieve school desegregation.
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Prohibited sex discrimination in any federally funded education program or activity.
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California voters approve Proposition 13, limiting property tax rates
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Four LAPD officers brutally beat Rodney King, a Black motorist, which was caught on video and led to national outrage. Further lead to riots and a divide in the country
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Soviet Union broke up
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Hundreds of thousands of Black men gathered in Washington, D.C. in attempt to raise awareness of segregation and creat change.
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Terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon led to a global war on terror, the creation of the Department of Homeland Security -
Barack Obama became the first African American president of the United States, symbolized the upcoming of racial and political history -
The George Floyd Murder by Police in Minneapolis led to global protests followed by riots led by the Black Lives Matter movement.