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The Supreme Court rules against segregation in schools
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This triggers the boycott of the Montgomery Bus System by African Americans.
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The Supreme court rules that the segregation of the Montgomery Bus System unconstitutional.
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This organization was created to work for equality for African Americans.
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9 students are escorted by soilders to desegreate school in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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More than 200,000 march on Washington and MLK Jr. gives his "I have a dream" speech.
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4 African American girls killed in the bombing.
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President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act giving the government power to prosecute discrimination.
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. leads a march from Selma to Montgomery, AL to protest unequal voting rights for African Americans.
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Voting Rights Act passed outlawing the South to discriminate African American voters
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in Memphis, TN.