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Black men fight for America in World War Two
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Jim Crow Laws
The Jim Crow Laws were designed to segregate white and black/coloured people. -
Brown vs Board of Education
This was a United States Supreme Court case in where the court decided state laws that required separate schools for white and black people were unconstitutional. -
Emmet Till murdered
A 14 year old boy named Emmet Till was brutally beaten and murdered for saying "Bye baby" to a white woman. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Civil Rights Movement Begins
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Freedom Rides start
The freedom rides were rides where white people sat with black people. There was no segregation. -
March in Washington
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Martin Luther King's " I had a dream" speech
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Martin Luther King gets Nobel Peace Prize
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Malcolm X asassinated
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Black Panther Party founded
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Demise of Black Panther Party
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End of Civil Rights Movement Era
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Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated
