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The Supreme Court declared that segregation at school was illegal in Topeka, Kansas. -
Rosa Parks was arrested when she refused to give up her seat to a white person on a bus. -
a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system -
segregation in buses was rules unconstitutional
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Nine black students enrolled at all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. -
This was an act of nonviolent protest against a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. -
Ruby Bridges was the first African American student to enroll in an all-white school. -
Groups of White and African American activists participated is bus trips through the American South to protest against segregated buses. -
First African- American to enroll at the University of Mississippi -
A massive protest march when, some 250,000 people gathered in front of MLK. -
Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin -
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MLK was fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee -
a series of riots and civil disturbances that occurred in the L.A. county -
a large gathering of African- American men in Washington D.C. -
the first African American to be Secretary of State -
after a close primary campaign against Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama was nominated by the Democratic Party for president -
the term "Black Lives Matter" was created by organizer Alicia Garza
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an ongoing series of protests and civil unrest against police brutality and racism that began in Minneapolis, Minnesota -
Kamala Harris becomes the first woman, the first African American vice president