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Scottsboro Boys
Nine African American teenagers were riding on a freight train when two white women accused them of rape -
The Murder of Emmett Till
Two Mississippian killed Emmett Till, a 14-year-old black boy, for whistling at a white woman -
The Little Rock 9
Nine African American high school students who bravely integrated Little Rock Central High School faced intense resistance and harassment -
Ruby Bridges
The first African American child to attend the formerly whites-only William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin