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A 8 yr. old black child was not able to attend a elementary school because of segregation. Linda Brown's father sues the school board. The Supreme Court agress to hear the case.
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Highlander Folk School issues invitations to civil rights workers
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The Supreme Court decides that "separate but equal" schools are inherently unequal. This makes segregated schools illegal.
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A 14-year-old African-American boy from Chicago, is killed near Money, Mississippi. He was illegidly whistling at a white women.
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Act that authorizes the Justice Department to investigate cases of African Americans being denied voting rights in the South.
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Four African-American students create a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, on February 1
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On August 10th, King announces that he is leaving albany and on September 10th the Supreme Court rules that the university of Mississipi is required admit african american students.
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Birmingham police arrest King for demonstrating without a city permit. King writes the letter "letter from a Birmingham jail."
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August 28th, the March on Washington for jobs and freedom was held in D.C., with nearly 250,000 people participating. This is where King has his "I have a Dream" speech.
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Kennedy is assasinated which his succesor used the nations anger to push through civil rights legislation.
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On July 2nd, Congress passed the civil rights act of 1964, which banned discrimination in employment and public places.
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Malcom X is assasinated in Harlem by Islam operatives
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A riot breaks out in Watts, between a white traffic officer and an African American man accused of drinking and driving.
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April 11, 1968, President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968 that prohibited discrimination by sellers or renters of property.