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African Americans schools were often overcrowd and had little to no desks and books. As whites schools were well built. So the Supreme Court unsegregated schools.
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When Rosa Parks was arrested for sitting in the colored section of a bus people decided to not take the bus until the rules changed. This was called the bus bocott.
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After Rosa Parks was arrest Martin Luther KIng led the Bocott on the bus system.
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4 Black Students sit at a lunch counter and refused to leave until serverd and they got trash and food dumped on them. this caused Woolworths to loss 1/3 of its business and desegregated all of its restaurants on July 26th Black employees were the 1st served
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Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham, Ala.; he writes his seminal "Letter from Birmingham Jail," arguing that individuals have the moral duty to disobey unjust laws.
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More than 200,000 people of all races gather on the Mall in Washington DC to protest police brutality, unequal pay, job discrimination, continued segregation in education lack of rights.
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The KKK bombed the 16th street Church and killed 4 girls and 22 injured. The church was a meeting for Civil Rights Protests.
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Member of the Nation of Islam. Favored separation from whites. Encouraged African American to defend themselves using whatever means necessary. Assassinated Feb. 21 1965.
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After passage, southern black voter registration grows by over 50% and black officials are elected to various positions. In Mississippi, black voter registration grew from 7% to 67%
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Dr.King was killed by James Earl Ray in Memphis,Tennessee. Even though dead he is one of the most influential figures in civil rights and nonviolent protests.
