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Civil Rights Movement
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Brown vs Board of Education
The Supreme Court declares school segregation is unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks is arrested.
Rosa parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white person on a bus. This event sparks the Montgomery Bus Boycott. -
The Little Rock Nine
The Governor of Arkansas uses the National Guard to block 9 black students from entering Little Rock High School. However, because this violated the Brown vs Board of Education ruling, President Eisenhower ordered national troops to escort the students into the school. -
Woolworth's Lunch Counter
Black and white Americans begin peaceful protests by sitting together at lunch counters. They were treated harshly. -
Freedom Riders
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Civil Rights Workers Disapear
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Malcom X is assassinated.
Malcom X, an opposer of MLK's non-violence strategies is assassinated. -
MLK is assassinated
MLK is assassinated and the movement loses a key leader.
