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Where no child regardless of skin color can be denied an equal opportunity of an education.
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Emmitt Till was lynched for whistling at a white woman
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African Americans sitting at a whites-only counter and refusing to move for being denied service.
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Groups of black and white Americans traveling through the south protesting segregated bus terminals.
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The letter was Dr. King's standpoint on his resolution to non-violence.
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Alabama governor prevents 2 students from enrolling in the University of Alabama. With the help of President Kennedy the governor had no choice but to let them in
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Where 250,000 people lead by Martin Luther King Jr. marched to the Lincoln Memorial to bring awareness to the inequalities blacks still faced.
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A predominantly black church in Birmingham was bombed killing four young girls.
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Prohibited the poll tax
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Freedom Summer was a voter registration pact meant to expand black voting in the south.
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King is awarded the Nobel peace prize for his non-violent resistance to racial prejudice in America.
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A series of civil right protests that occurred in alabama.
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President Lyndon B. Johnson signed a law which aimed to overcome what kept blacks from voting.
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A riot broke out under false pretenses that a cop hit a pregnant lady. For 6 days looting and arson took place with the Los Angeles police needing help from the National Guard to quell the riots.