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The U.S. Supreme court overturns 'seprate but equal', making the segregation of schools unconstatutional.
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Teenager Emmit Till is murdered for whisteling at a white woman. The murderers are eventually equitted after a long trial. The case recieved national attention.
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Rosa Parks gets arrested for refusing to give up her seat, begining the boycott.
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Supreme court decision which strikes down Jim Crow laws on buses. Ends Motgomery bus boycott
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King is named chairmen of the SCLC, they will go on to have peaceful protests such as marches and sit ins
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President Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1957, giving all african americans the right to vote.
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The KKK bombs Bethel Babtist Church in Birmingham, Alabama
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Freedom Rides begin. 10 days later, the bus is bombed in birmingham
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After the March to Washington, MLK Gives his I have a Dream speech
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President Johnson signs this act, outlawing all discrimination whatsoever
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MLK is assassinated
