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Formed to help African American
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The start of seperation between blacks and whites begins. Social Event
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Rosa Parks didn't want to give up her seat to a white person so she got arrested. Social Event
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Allowed federal funds for education and African Americans children were resigned in three city school systems. Political Event
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Legislation guaranteed voting rights and education to African Americans. Also federal protection. Social Event
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Entrance to school was blocked for any African American student and the federal troops escorted African American students into the school to avoid the violence. Social Event
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Protesters are having "sit-ins" and "kneel-ins" and Martin Luther King Jr. gets involved including two other people and they get arrested. Social Event
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Four African American's sat in a restaurant until closed and sit-ins were spread across the country. Economic Event
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Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech to the nation and it's televised. The march is a great symbol of the Civil Rights Movement. Political Event
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Banned segregation in any public areas and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commision prevented job discrimination. Political Event
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A protester is killed during a peaceful voting-rights demonstration in Selma. Police attack the marchers, televised to the world and President Johnson is prompted to puropose the Voting Rights Act. Political Event
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Banned literacy tests and other laws that kept blacks from registering to vote. Political Event
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Buses couldn't take African American's to school and it was a powerful tool for integration. Economic Event
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It corrects a 1984 Supreme Court decision that limited the governments ability to withhold federal funds institution in which there was discrimination of their race or sex. Political Event
