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Brown v. Board of Education March on Washington
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Vietnam war
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest during which Black people refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating. The boycott started on December 5, 1955 and is regarded as the first large-scale U.S. demonstration against segregation. -
Grandpa's birth
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The emergence of the Little Rock Nine
The police escorted the nine Black students into the school on September 23, through an angry mob of some 1,000 white protesters gathered outside. Amidst ensuing rioting, the police removed the nine students. -
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60s
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JFK assassination
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Lyndon B. Johnson's transition to President
The Kennedy-Johnson ticket won in the 1960 presidential election. Vice President Johnson assumed the presidency on November 22, 1963, after President Kennedy was assassinated. -
Civil Right act passed
The Act prohibited discrimination in public accommodations and federally funded programs. It also strengthened the enforcement of voting rights and the desegregation of schools. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is the nation's benchmark civil rights legislation, and it continues to resonate in America. -
Start of the Black Panther
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Muhammad Ali refused to go to war
Prior to his match against Foley, Ali received news he had been drafted to fight in Vietnam. When Ali arrived to be inducted in the United States Armed Forces, however, he refused, citing his religion forbade him from serving. -
James Brown's Say It Loud, I'm Black And I'm Proud release
Fifty years ago, James Brown, the "Godfather of Soul," released the iconic song, "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud." It was released in August 1968, just four months after the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. -
MLK assassination
At 6:05 P.M. on Thursday, 4 April 1968, Martin Luther King was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. -
Bobby Hutton assassination
On the night of April 6, 1968, Hutton was killed by Oakland Police officers after Eldridge Cleaver led him and twelve other Panthers in an ambush of the Oakland Police, during which two officers were seriously wounded by multiple gunshots.