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Granted African-Americans, even former slaves, the right to vote. this was significant to history because of the fact that people would dehumanize African-Americans and giving them more rights gave them the credit and respect they needed.
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The U.S. Supreme Court decided on a "separate but equal " society. The Court case was significant because it showed how even the government had racial mindsets and wants to separate "blacks and whites" even in educations where some children didn't see skin color but saw character and personality.
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Strange Fruit was a song performed by Billie Holiday and was about the lives of African-Americans and how they would be lynched by the KKK. It was significantly controversial because the song was about a photo showing a group of people smiling and laughing at a hanged corpse on a tree.
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On a bus in Montgomery, Alabama Rosa Parks was riding on the bus and was sitting in the colored section of the bus when the front of the bus where the whites were supposed to sit was getting full the bus driver demanded her to move and she stood her ground. This event was important because it led to the Bus Boycotts.
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Southern Christian Leadership Conference was established. It was used to organize large civil rights movements including nonviolence and civil disobedience. The significance in the event is because it was essentially responsible for people to take charge and nor degrade themselves to the racists and bigotry.
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The U.S. Supreme court ruled that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. The court case reversed the1896 Plessy v. Ferguson in favor of separate educational accommodations This event was important to History because it was the nation's first African-American Supreme Court justice.
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Four University students who were African-Americans started a sit-in as an attempt to protest a lunch-in counter. After 6 months of nonviolent protests and sit-ins they were finally served lunch. This was a tremendous success because it inspired others to sit-in as a protest in other public facilities.
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Kennedy issued an executive order prohibiting discrimination in federal government hiring based off of race, religion, or national origin. This was a major break through in American government because it started affirmative action for executive departments and agencies.
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The SNCC was founded in the Shaw University and worked with young blacks to acquire a more significant role in the civil rights movement. This allowed for significant change in the Civil Rights movement because it included as many people as possible
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James Meredith was the first black university student to enroll in the University of Mississippi. This gave hope to African-Americans that they could enroll into a university.
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More than 200,000 people attended the speech at the Lincoln Memorial. It was a difficult period after many failures and lives lost to police brutality and other incidents people participating in the Civil Rights movement and needed a boast
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Denise McNair, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson, and Addie Mae Collins were attending Sunday school when a bomb went off and ended along with the four young girls
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Abolished the poll tax which was instituted in many southern states. The poll made it difficult for blacks to vote.
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The black freedom leader who was infamously known for being the leader of the Black Panthers. This was a significant part in history because Malcolm X, aside from MLK, was a big part of the civil rights movement and his murder was widely spread.
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the marches from Selma to Montgomery were considered the emotional peak of the Civil Rights Movement and continued for 4 days.
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The marches from Selma to Montgomery included more than 600 people who demanded an end to discrimination in voter registration. This was a momentous event because it consisted of police brutality extensively
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