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Emmet Louis Til was murdered for speaking to an white woman , in Money , MS. Its important it motivated the African Americans CRA - Movement.
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President Eisenhower orders federal troops to enforce desegregation in Little Rock, AK.
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Mack Charles Parker was taken from jail and lynched, Popularville, MS. It caused controversy throughout the negro race.
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Freedom Riders was attacked in Alabama while testing compliance with bus desegregation laws. It was important because it got the CRA movement more attention.
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William Lewis Moore slain during one-man march against segregation, Attalla, AL. Made more people want to protest against segregation.
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Birmingham police attacks marching children with dogs and fire hoses.
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Medgar Evers, civil rights leader, assassinated in Jackson, MS. African Americans fought even harder for civil rights.
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4 girls die in the bombing of the 16th St. church in Birmingham, AL. It drew attention for civils right for African Americans.
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3 civil right workers was abducted and slain by the KKK, in Philadelphia, MS.
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Civil right marcher , Jimmie Lee Jackson, was killed by state trooper, Marion, AL.
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MLK assasinated in Memphis, TN.
