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Brown vs. Board of Education
Supreme Court ruling that made segregation in public schools illegal. Beginning of the Civil Rights Movment -
Emmett Till Murder
Emmett Till was murdered for speaking "fresh" to a white woman. His body was found in the Tallahatchie River. The two men arrested for his murder were found not guilty. -
The Little Rock Nine and Integration
The 9 African American students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957.