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The 14th ammendment, which requires equal protection under the law to all persons, is ratified.
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The 15th ammendment, which bans racial discrimination in voting, is ratified.
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The Supreme Court approves the "seperate but equal" doctrine
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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This was the first KKK national demonstration that took place in Washington D.C.
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This executive order outlawed segreation in the U.S. military
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This supreme court ruling declares segregation in school unconstitutional
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Rosa Parks is jailed for refusing to move to the back of the bus in order to allow a white man to sit .
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These rides begin in Washington D.C. and venture into the Southern States. Volunteers ride these buses to test the new laws prohibiting segregation.
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President Kennedy send federal troops to the University of Mississppi to end riots so that James Meridith, the schools first black student, can attend
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Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have a Dream" speech to thousands at the march on Washington
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This act outlawed the discriminatory voting practiced adopted in the South after the Civil War, including literacy tests and prerequisites to vote.
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Thurgood Marshall becomes the first black to be named the Supreme Court Justice.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis Tennessee. James Earl Ray pleaded guilty.
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President Reagan signs bill establishing the 3rd Monday of every January as the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday