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Robinson singned with the Dodgers, first african american in the leauge!
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Linda Brown had to travel to a school for colored's on a bus miles away feom when although there was a school walking diatance feom home, but since it was whites only she couldn't attend. Her dad sued the school board, and the u.s. congress agrees to hear the case.
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Emmett Till a 14 year old african american was killed for allegedly whistling at a white female.
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Rosa refuses to givw her seat to a white man on a Mongomery bus, which resulted in boycott
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Offical start of the Mongomery Bus boycott where thousands of african american refused to ride buses
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A clan of whites bomb 4 churches and homes of blacks because of Mongomery bus boycott
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9 african american students attended an all white school in Arkansas
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In Greenboro, North Carolina 4 male african american college studennts sit at an whites only counter patiently to be served, sitting waiting till the diner closed. sparking a boycott movement. Greenboro gave in and desegragtes it's diner counters.
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John F. kennedy and his brother help Martin Luther King Jr get released out of jail, convincing many african american support domocratic politicians
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MLK Jr leads the freedom walk of 125,000 people in Detroit
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MLK Jr gives his iconic I have a dream speech in Washington DC
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MLK Jr rewarded with the noble peace prize by the noble foundation
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Malcom X is assasionated
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King lead a march that turns violent. This was the first time one of his events had turned violent.
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Martain Luther King Jr. is killed on a balcony of Lorraine Motel
