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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is adopted by the United Nations
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(in the case of Brown vs the Board of Education) the US Supreme Court rules segregation in US schools to be unconstitutional (illegal)
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The case of Emmett Till – brings national attention to the issue of race relations in the United States
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Rosa Parks refuses to give seat to white passenger on bus
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nine Black American students try to enrol at the all-white Little Rock Central High School, Arkansas. The US army is sent in to enforce their right to attend the school
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a mixed group of Black Americans and white Americans ride buses throughout the southern states testing the end of segregation. the group exposes that many southern states are ignoring the rulings of the Supreme Court.
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250 000 people attend to hear Dr Martin Luther King Jr. give his famous ‘I have a dream’ speech.