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in 1955 rosa parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery Alabama and then led to a boycott for the bus system for over a year.

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Anthony ray Hinton was both in 1956

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in 1963 the court ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional and should be separate but equal.

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In 1963 Martin Luther king jr had his “I have a dream speech” and civil rights activists marched for equal rights

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Discrimination was finally outlawed in 1964 against race, color, religion, gender, nationality and anyone was allowed to work, shop, and live anywhere without segregation.

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In 1965 everyone was able to vote regardless of their race and addressed discriminatory voting practices such as literacy tests and poll taxes.

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in 1985 Anthony Ray Hinton was sentenced to death row and wrongfully convicted for murders he didn't commit and was in prison for 30 years on death row.

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Hinton started a book club when he was on death row possibly around 1988 (year is not specific) to help some of the inmates have some sort of social reaction and connect and feel less alone

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i was born in 2006

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in 2011 my mom and my stepdad got married when i was 5 years old and he is the main father figure in my life

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Bryan Stevenson wrote a book in 2014 called “just mercy” and also filmed a movie and featured Hinton story shedding light on the justice system and racial injustice

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Anthony ray Hinton was released from death row and walked free from prison in 2015

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Hinton worked as an educator for the EJI teaching people about the justice system and his experiences since he was released in 2015

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After he was released from death row he wrote the book the sun does shine in 2018 to tell his story of what it was like to be wrongfully convicted on death row

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in 2019 me and my brothers cut contact with my biological father when i was 13

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in 2024 I started going to trade school for cosmetology and realized that is what I want to do with my career

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in 2024 i joined color guard for my senior year of high school

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in 2025 i started my first day of my last year in high school