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Fight between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America, a collection of 11 southern states that left the Union
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Supreme court upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine
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The national association for the advancement of coloured people, it is also a civil rights organization
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The purpose of freedom rides was to challenge segregation on interstate buses and bus terminals
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An executive order which banned segregation in the Armed forces/army
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Separated children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional
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The supreme court ruling segregation on public buses unconstitutional
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Identified the first african american students to desegregate Little rock central high school
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Civil rights protest that started when young african americans students staged in a sit in at a segregated woolworth's lunch counter in greensboro where they refused to leave after being denied service
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A civil disorder and riot in birmingham that was provoked by bombings
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The purpose of this was to demand an end to segregation, fair wages and economic justice, voting rights, education, and long overdue civil rights protections
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Voting practices adopted in many southern states after the civil war, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting
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Malcolm x was preparing to address the organisation of Afro-American at the Audubon ballroom in the neighbourhood, he got shot multiple times and killed.
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News of king's assassination prompted major outbreaks of racial violence, resulting in more than 40 deaths nationwide and extensive property