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Civil Rights!!
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Schooling
In Brown vs. Brown board of education, supreme Court declares segregated schools unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks is arrested and the Montgomery bus Boycott begins! -
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King Jr., and other southern ministers create SCLC -
James Farmer
James Farmer organizes the first Freedom riders to desegregate interstate bus travel. -
James Meredith
James Meredith tries to register at the university of Mississippi; Riots force Kennedy to send troops to control the situation. -
I have a dream!
Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his " I Have a Dream " speechh during the march on washitngon in support of a new civil rights act -
Civil Rights!
Civil rights act is passed! -
Voting rights
Voting rights Act is passed! Malcom X is assassinated.
