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Brown v. Board of Education was a decision by United States Supreme Court that made school segregation illegal.
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These groups were formed by white supremacists, mainly to oppose racial integration in schools and black voter registration in the South.
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Rosa Parks wouldn't give up her seat and move to the back of the bus, so she was arrested in Montomery, AL.
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President Kennedy sent 3,000 federal troops to keep the peace in Mississippi after James Meredith enrolled at the university.
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White supremacists bombed the 16th Street Baptist Church, killing four little girls and injuring 22 people.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it illegal to discriminate against someone based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin
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Bobby Seale and Huey Newton formed the Black Panther Party, a revolutionary Black Power movement, in Oakland, CA.
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The worst riot in the 'Long Hot Summer' started after Detroit police raided an unlicensed bar. 43 people died in just 5 days.
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Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, TN.
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Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy was assassinated in Los Angeles, CA.
