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Truman signs Executive Order 9981
This stated that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for people of all races in the armed services -
Emmitt Till is murdered
Emmitt Till was kidnapped, beaten, shot, and dumped into the Tallahatchie river for allegedly whistling at a white woman -
Rosa Parks is arrested
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white passenger and is therefore arrested. -
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The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is established
Martin Luther King, Charles K. Steele, and Fred L. Shuttleworth founded the SCLC. This was to promote equality. -
Little Rock Nine
Nine black students are blocked from entering a formerly all white school on the order of the governor. -
James Meredith becomes the first black student at the University of Mississippi
Riots cause President Kennedy to send 5,000 federal troops -
Martin Luther King is arrested
He is arrested during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham, AL -
Martin Luther King delivers his famous speech, I Have A Dream
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Four girls are killed at a church
Four girls at Sunday School were killed by a bomb at the 16th Street Baptist Church, which was a popular location for civil rights meetings -
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964
This prohibits discrimination of people of all race, color, religion, or national origin -
The KKK murders three civil rights workers
Two were white, one was black