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The Desegregation of the Military and the Federal Government 1948

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The Desegregation of the Military and the Federal Government 1948

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Harry S. Truman desegregated the military and the Federal government. This means that government buildings didn't have black and white bathrooms, or the military didn't have black and white barracks.This was the first step in getting equal rights for African-Americans.

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The Brown v Board of Education was a trial in the Supreme court. This was important because all of the justices decided that the amendment that segregated schools was unconstitutional. This undid that amendment and made it so there where no more white and black schools.

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This is the year that Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man. She was arrested for doing this. Rosa Parks not giving is the event that sparked the Civil Rights Movement and the Montgomery bus Boycott.

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The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a boycott against the busses in Montgomery, AL led by MLK jr. This started because of the arrest of Rosa Parks. Since most people that rode the bus were African-Americans, the bus system had to get rid of segregation on the busses. This is important because it was a huge advancement/ success in the Civil Rights Movement.

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Nine African-American students tried to attend Little Rock High School in Arizona. They weren't allowed even though all schools where being segregated. Eisenhower made an executive order to let them into school even thought the AR governor was against it. Eisenhower made sure that they had an official escort to school.

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This was a group of 7 African Americans and 6 White people testing the supreme court ruling to desegregate busses. They rode from D.C to New Orleans. The group was beaten when they arrived in South Carolina, not being able to continue, they where replaced by another 10 to finish the journey.

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The March on Washington was done to get equal rights, pay, and opportunities in the workplace. There where 250,000 of them. When the group arrived, they listened to the "I Have A Dream" Speech by MLK jr.

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This was an act put into place that was a bill that would grant the equal pay, treatment, and opportunities in the workplace. It was signed by Lyndon B. Johnson and was a stronger version of what JFK was working on.

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The Watts riot was a Riot in the Watts area in LA. It was a series of riots against the police. This sparked from an African-American man getting arrested by a white cop because he seemed intoxicated. These riots caused over $40 million in property damages, 34 deaths, and over 1000 injuries.

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MLK jr. was shot while standing on his hotel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. His murder caused hundreds of riots across the country and pushed the Congress to pass the Fair Housing Act.