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Civil Rights
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Brown vs. Board of Education
Brown vs. Board of EducationOn May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down decided that segregation in schools was unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Integrated Little Rock Rock Schools.
Little RockAll-white Central High School: Nine black students are blocked from entering the school. -
Integrating North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College
Integrating North CarolinaFour black students begin a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter. -
Integrating University of Mississippi
Integrating MississippiJames Meredith becomes the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. -
"I Have A Dream"
I Have A Dream 200,000 people join the March on Washington. Joining at the Lincoln Memorial, many poeple listen as Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. -
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First Black President
OMABABarack Obama becomes first African American president of the United States