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President Truman ruled out segregation in the US military.
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This involved the young girl Linda Brown, who was forced to travel miles away from her house to attend the "black"school closest to her. While there were many "white" schools which were much closer to her.
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This was the first year since 1881 without any lynching cases reported.
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After the Brown V. case reached the Supreme court, it was ruled that racial segregation in schools in unconstitutional.
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A northern black boy, Emmett Till who had come down to Mississipi, was brutally beaten then killed after being dared to sweet talk a white woman.
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Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat for a white man on a public bus and so sparked a year long bus boycott from the Montgomery black community.
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Public buses were desegregated as aresult of the bus boycott.
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Martin Luther Kng Jr. have his inspirational "I have a dream" speech at Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C
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Martin Luther King Jr, was assassinated by a sniper's bullet while on his balcony in his rom at the Lorraine Hotel in Tennessee.
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Barack Obama was elected President of the USA, making him the first African American President.
