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4 black students sat at a white-only diner and refused to leave until they were served
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A group of civil rights activists begins bus trips through the South protesting segregation on interstate transportation.
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MLK gave a speech outlining a dream he had for all the children of the world to live in a world where no one was looked down on or separated.
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The USS Maddox is attacked by Viet Cong patrol torpedo boats. The incident spurred Congress to pass the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution allowing the president to "take all necessary measures, including the use of armed force".
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A movement to register African American voters in Mississippi
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the bodies of three civil rights workers are found in Mississippi sparking outrage.
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Peaceful Civil Rights marchers are attacked by Alabama state troopers in Selma
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MLK Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee
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100,000 people gather at the Lincoln Memorial calling for the end to the war
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Beginning in New York is often thought to be the prelude to modern LGBTQ movements