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  the Supreme Court bans segregation in all public schools in the United States.
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  14-year-old black boy, is murdered for whistling at a white woman.
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  In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat for a white man, causing a bus boycott by the Black community.
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  The Montgomery bus system desegregates.
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  The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was established by Martin Luther King, Fred L. Shuttlesworth and Charles K. Steele.
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  The Little Rock Central High school board votes on school integration.