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supreme court ruled that segregation was legal as long as facilities provided "separate but equal" services.
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overturned the rape conviction of Clarence Norris in Alabama due to the fact that there were no black members on the jury which violated the 14th amendment right.
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Irene Morgan convicted for refusing to surrender her seat on a bus to Maryland. supreme court ruled that the bus engaged in interstate commerce and the Virginia law was therefor unconstitutional.
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Truman signs executive order 9981 saying that there shall be equal opportunities for all members of the us armed forces regardless of race.
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sweatt sued after being refused admission to the university of Texas law school. texas created a new back school but the supreme court ruled that the new school was inferior in quality and decided in favor of sweatt.
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supreme overturned the plessy vs ferguson case, rejecting the idea that racially segregated schools could offer equal services.
court ordered the desegregation of public schools. -
refused to give up her eat to a white person on a transportation bus and was arrested.
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over 100 southern members of congress signed the southern manifesto declaring the courts decision to be abuse of judicial power and pledging to support segregation through every legal avenue available.
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martin luther king assists in the finding of sclc.
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national guard tried to prevent 9 African american students from enrolling into the school. the president sent the army to protect the students from the mobs.
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African american men were refused service in a eat in diner, so the men sat there until they were served.
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7 african american men and 6 white activists leave from washington d.c to the rigidly segregated south to test boyton vs Virginia.
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the freedom riders were attacked outside of Birmingham Alabama and anniston, alabama by the KKK.
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king announces that he is leaving Albany when the albany movement is considered a failure.
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Meredith is allowed into the university of Mississippi.
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meredith become the first african american to attend the university of Mississippi.
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MLK is arrested for demonstrating in the city without a permit by the Birmingham police.
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JFK is assassinated, but his successor Lyndon passes the civil rights legislation in memory of JFK
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Malcolm x is assassinated at the audubon ballroom in Harlem.
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MLK was assassinated just as he goes out to the balcony of his hotel room in memphis.