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blacks started walking instead of riding the bus bc they didn't wanna sit in the all black section.. dr king helped start the bus boycott that lasted over a year and put financial pressure on the city
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Philip Randolph & the desegregation of federal work contracts - desegregation workplace, executive 8802
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A known leader of the civil rights movement. he has numerous protest all of which he insisted to be nonviolent. started SCLC - an organization that led to non violent protest, boycotts, and marches
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James Meredith was given the right to be the 1st black student at ole miss. the first day he attended school there was a riot on campus and JFK had to send federal marshals to escort Meredith to class
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over a half million civil rights supporters went to Washington to put pressure on Congress to support civil rights law
