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the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the US to help sustain rights for African Americans
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Jackie Robinson was the first African American to join the MLB
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A huge court case the ruled out segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
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Rosa Parks refused to give her seat to a white man who needed a spot, so she got arrested.
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established US commissions on Civil Rights
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A federal district court case was won, so this school was no longer segregated
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a non violent protest in Greensboro, NC, when African Americans were refused service
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A group of people who took a series of bus trips throughout the south in hopes to catch the eye of the Gov, they were escorted through Alabama but arrested in Mississippi.
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Dr. King was thrown into Birmingham jail because they were leading peaceful protests against segregation.
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A quarter Million people marched around the Lincoln memorial peacefully to protest for their job/learning opportunities and freedom.
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this outlawed all forms of discrimination
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A brutal attack on a peaceful civil rights movement in Selma, Alabama.
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the issue of voting rights was resolved
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as he stood on the balcony of a motel in Memphis, he got assassinated.