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The Supreme Court case of Brown vs. Board of Education ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional.
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Rosa Parks was asked to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. When she refused she was arrested. This started the Montgomery Bus Boycott
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In Little Rock, Arkansas, nine African American students attempted to attend Central High School. Governor Orval Fabus ordered the Arkansas National Guard to stop them from entering.
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Four African American college students entered a Woolworth store food counter and ordered coffee.
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this was the first day of the year
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When George Wallace gave his 1963 inaugural speech he proclaimed, "...Segregation Today, Segregation Tomorrow, Segregation Forever..."