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The Supreme Court Rule
The Supreme Court ruled that any segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, which marked a great victory of Brown against the Board of Education of Topeka and it formally overturned Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896.
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Rosa Parks Arrested
Rosa Parks is taking a bus as usual. But when she refuses to give up her seat to a white people, she is arrested although she is sitting the colored section. Her arrest then triggered a major bus boycott that lasted more than a year. [http://www.authentichistory.com/1946-1960/8-civilrights/1954-1960/19551201_Rosa_Parks_Arrested.jpgt(http://www.timetoast.com) -
Little Nine
9 black students were denied access to entering the schools. President Eisenhower then sent federal troops to protect the students from being attacked.
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James Meredith Admission to University of Mississippi
James Meredith finally enrolls at the University of Mississippi and becomes the first black student. But behind the success, there are huge efforts and President Kennedy even sends five thousand troops to stop the violence and riots.
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I Have a Dream Speech
Numerous people are gathering in the Lincoln Memorial in order to listen to Martin Luther King’s famous speech “I have a dream”. It is so inspiring that hundreds of thousands of black people are motivated and encouraged to fight for their own civil rights. http://media3.snbcnews.com/i/streams/2013/August/130828/8C8772958-pb-130828-mlk-march-nj-05.jpg -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
President Johnson sings the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It is regarded as one of the most powerful civil rights legislation that prohibits discrimination and enable federal government to enforce desegregation.
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