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Cry, the Beloved Country is published
Written by Alan Paton and published in New York City in 1948. -
(A) Policy of apartheid adopted when National Party takes power
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(A) Group Areas Act passed to segregate blacks and whites
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(CR) Brown vs Board of Education proves segregation in schools is unconstituional
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(CR) 14-year-old Emmett Till is kidnapped, beaten, shot, and dumped in the Tallahatchie River for allegedly whistling at a white woman
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(CR) Rosa Parks refuses to give up bus seat
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(CR) Nine black students are blocked from entering Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas
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(CR) Four black students from Greensboro, North Carolina begin a sit in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter
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(CR) James Meredith becomes the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi
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(CR) Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham, Alabama
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(CR) Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his famous "I Have a Dream" speech
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(A) ANC leader Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment
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(CR) President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964
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(CR) Malcolm X is shot to death in Harlem, New York
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(CR) The Black Panthers are founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale
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(CR) Martin Luther King Jr. is shot and killed by James Earl Ray
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(A) More than 600 killed in clashes between black protesters and security forces during uprising
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(A) ANC unbanned, Mandela released after 27 years in prison
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(A) Parliament adopts new constitution
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(A) ANC wins general elections, Thabo Mbeki takes over as president
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(A) President Mbeki fires his deputy, Jacob Zuma, in the aftermath of a corruption case
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(A) Former deputy president Jacob Zuma is found innocent of rape charges by the High Court in Johannesburg
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(A) Hundreds of thousands of public-sector workers take part in the biggest strike since the end of apartheid
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(A) President Mbeki resigns
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(A) The Congress of the People is launched
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(CR) The Supreme Court case Ricci vs DeStefano
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(A) Parliament elects Jacob Zuma as president and economy goes into recession for the first time in 17 years
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(A) Civil servants stage nationwide strike
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(A) The ANC suspends Julius Malema for five years for bringing the party into disrepute
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(A) ANC celebrates its centenary
