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brown vs the board of education
Supreme Court reverses Plessy by stating that separate schools are by nature unequa -
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montgomery boycotts
Rosa Parks starts 381-day bus boycott organized by Martin Luther King, J -
Southern Manifesto urges resistance to desegregation efforts
Over 100 southern members of Congress sign document attacking the Supreme Court decision -
little Rock Central High School desegregated
Little Rock school board votes to integrate schools, National Guard troops prevent black children from attending school -
lunch counter protest
10 men sat at a "whites only" counter in Rock Hill, South Carolina in a protest against segregation -
Desegregation drive in Birmingham
King and SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference) oppose local laws that agreed with the segregation