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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
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Emmett Till's Death
was lynched in Mississippi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white woman. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement/videos/bet-you-didnt-know-rosa-parks?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus and went on trial for 381 days. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
had a large role in the American Civil Rights Movement. -
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
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March on Washington
http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement/videos The March on Washington was one of the largest political gatherings for human rights in U.S. history and demanded civil and economic rights for African Americans
