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President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960
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Freedom riders take bus trips through the South to test out new laws that prohibit segregation in interstate travel facilities
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James Meredith becomes the first black student to be enrolled in the University of Mississippi
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Martin Luther KIng was arrested and put in jail during the anti-segregation protest in Birmington, Ala.
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At Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King gives a speech about his dream of a life without segregation.
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President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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Black nationalist and founder of the Organization of Afro-American Unity, is shot to death. People believed it was by people of the Black Muslim faith
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Congress passes Voting Rights Act of 1965, making it easier for Sourthern blacks to vote
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The Supreme court stated that it is unconstitutional to prohibit interracial marriage
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Martin Luther King, he was 39, was shot outside his hotel room on the balcony
