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The idea of separate but "equal", Legalized racism.
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Declared segregated schools "unconstitutional"
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Rosa parks would not give up her seat on a Montgomery bus. The boycott began on the day of her trial and lasted about a month.
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Nine African american students were admitted into Little Rock Central high school. This event caused protests outside of the school and the students had to be escorted off the property.
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Four Black students from A&T college sat down at a lunch counter and refused to move.
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Civil rights activists who rode buses through the south to challenge the laws about segregation.
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Civil rights activists who rode busses through the south to challenge segregation.
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An event organized by the SCLC in efforts to help integration. This was done so in a civil non violent manner,however local authorities responded with violence.
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200k+ african americans gather in washington DC for equality. It is during this rally that Martin Luther King Jr. spoke his world changing "I Have a Dream Speech".
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The act passed by the US senate that ended any sort of discrimination and inequality, such as racism.
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Made it legal for African American citizens to vote.
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Greatest man ever.
