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The United States Supreme Court rules that lower courts may not enforce any restrictive housing covenants as a violation of the 14th Amendment.
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The United States Supreme Court rules that separate but equal is unconstitutional violating the 14th Amendment and the desegregation of schools across America begins.
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Rosa Parks is arrested in Montgomery and sparks a citywide bus boycott against segregated busses; this protest helped bring Martin Luther King to national news coverage.
