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Brown Vs. Board of Education
Schools ended segregation -
The Emmett Till Murder
murdered by whites because saying "bye baby" to a white woman -
Montgomery Bus Boy Cott
boycott buses for 13 months after the Rosa Park arrest -
The Little Rock School Crisis
prevents desegregation by calling out national troops -
Sitins
4 African American boys hold the first sit in -
Freedom Rides
abusive rides for transportation -
The Birmingham Campaign
ran their first nonviolent direct-action campaign -
The March on Washington
king delivers his "i have a dream speech" -
Mississippi Freedom Summer
whites help with black voter registration -
The Civil Rights Act
forbidden segregation in public facilities -
Black Power
a slogan in Mississippi that was in favour for nonviolent events -
King is Assassinated
he was assassinated by James Earl Ray in Tennessee