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Jim Crow laws created
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Nelle Harper Lee born
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"Black Tuesday"
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Scottsboro Trial begins
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25% Unemployment rate
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World War 2 begins and the US Economy improves
World War 2 was a global war that lasted from 1939-1945. Many powerful companies such as America, United Kingdom, Germany and Soviet Union were involved. For the United States -
President Truman ends segregation in the military
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Rosa Parks refuses to surrender her bus sat
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To Kill a Mocking Bird is published
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Martin Luther King Jr delivers his "I have a dream" speech