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Sweatt VS. Painter
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Truman Creates Committee on Civil Rights
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Truman ends segrigation in the military
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NAACP focus's on ending segrigation in public schools
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supreme court rules that segrigation in school is illegal
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Supreme Court makes ruling on non-segregated schools stronger
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African American seamstress Rosa Parks refuses to give up seat to white man.
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Supreme Court rules Montgomery's segregated bus system is illegal
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Supreme court orders university of Mississippi to except James Meridith as first african american student.
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govenor Barnett blocks merideth from attending the university
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deadly riot occurs on univesity of mississipi's campus
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Meredith attends first class at the university
