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No more Segregation In Armed Forces
Harry Truman gets rid of segregation in the army -
Rosa Parks
She refuses to give up her seat to a white man. She gets arrested but helps bring justice to segregation. -
Little Rock Nine
9 black students attend the little rock high school. Guards surround the building and refuse to let them in but Truman sends troops to get them into the school. -
4 college students rufuse to leave at a white only lunch resteraunt
4 college students from Greensbourgh NC refuse to leave the white only restaurant and are not to be served. They have condiments2 thrown on them, they are thrown to the ground, kicked and punched. -
Martin Luther King has his "I have a dream" speech.
Martin Luther King has his "I have a dream" speech in Washinton.DC with 250,000 people watching on the March walk -
A bomb kills 4 girls in a church bombing
A church in Birmingham Alabama is bombed and kills 4 and injures many others -
President Johnson signs a equal rights act
President Lydon B Johnson signs an agreement to try to end segregation -
A black religous leader is Killed
Malcolm x, Islam, and a Muslim leader are assassinated because of his protests for equal rights. -
Martin Luther King is assassinated
Martin Luther King is assassinated -
President Johnson signs a civil rights act
President Johnson signs a civil rights act to really help end segregation