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A raise in the number of unarmed black citizens in the US in the last years has started the movement 'Black Lives Matter'

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Michelle Obama, his wife, became the First Lady.

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President Eisenhower sent the US army to escort the 9 black students into the school. A soldier accompanied each of them to class.

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The separation or isolation of a race, class, or ethnic group by enforced or voluntary residence in a restricted area, by barriers to social intercourse, by separate educational facilities, or by other discriminatory means.

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1957 - Little Rock ends school segregation

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1957 - Little Rock ends school segregation

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In 1957, the committee of Little Rock school, a school of white children, voted for including black children in their classes.
Finally, black children could go to this school, but the first day they had to pass by a wall of white children insulting and spiting at them. The rest of the year, they have to endure the insults.

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1968 - Assassination of Martin Luther King

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1968 - Assassination of Martin Luther King

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On April 3, King returned to Memphis and went to a meeting. King's flight to Memphis had been delayed by a bomb threat. He stayed in room 306 of Motel Lorraine. On April 4, at 6:01 PM, while King was leaning out on the balcony, an individual named James Earl Ray shot him. The bullet entered through his right cheek, breaking his jaw and going through the spinal cord before landing on his shoulder.

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He was a speaker, religious minister and US activist. He was an advocate for the rights of African Americans.
He first supported the use of violence in the fight for rights, but turned to defend non-violence.
He was shot dead on February 21, 1965

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Freedom Riders Routes

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These were years of economic prosperity and great social changes. The economy became tertiary and in 1979, 47% of the population worked in the services sector. However, there was heavy discrimination against African-American citizens.

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On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery (Alabama) Parks refused to obey bus driver James F. Blake's order to give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger, after the white section was filled. Parks was arrested. A boycott on the bus company started soon after.

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They were Civil Rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961 and following years to challenge the non-enforcement of law, which ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional.

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Minister of the baptist church and activist of the movement for the civil rights in the USA for the afro-American people. He was awarded with the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.

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Name adopted by several extreme right-wing organizations in the United States. They were racist, they mainly promote xenophobia

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The Black Panthers were formed in California in 1966 and they defended the civil rights movement. Their language was very violent.

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On August 28, 1963, over 250,000 joined one of the largest rallies ever to protest against racial discrimination.

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He was a president whom they murdered for saying that the blacks have the same rights as the whites.
He was shot dead in Dallas on November 22, 1963.

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Many churches and houses were destroyed. Many people died or were arrested.

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In 1941, activists planned a march on Washington for the elimination of discrimination in employment in industry.

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The Movement for Civil Rights in the United States was a long, and mainly non-violent, struggle to extend full access to civil rights and equality before the law to groups that do not have them, especially black citizens.

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On January 20, 2009, Barack Obama became the first black president of the USA.

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The one that regulates the private relations of the citizens to each other.

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Martin Luther King speaking in front of 250,000 people at the Great March at the Lincoln Memorial.

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Their goals were to end racial segregation and discrimination against African Americans.

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Rosa Parks

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In USA, protests against racism and police discrimination continue. Indignants seek justice for the death of their loved ones.

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1964 - President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act

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1964 - President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act

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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was originally proposed by John F. Kennedy. It outlaws discrimination on the basis of race, colour, religion, national origin, and sex in public accommodations, employment, and federally funded programs.