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Executive order 9981 was passed by U.S. president of that time Harry S. Truman. It was an order that ended segregation in the U.S. military. It is stated in the act, "there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed forces without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin." Meaning the military was the first group to see some sort of change in how race played in regards of change.

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Brown v Board of Education (Dec 09 - May 17, 1954)

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Brown v Board of Education (Dec 09 - May 17, 1954)

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Brown v Board of Education was a landmark in which it was finally acknowledged that segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. It is said it is one of the greatest decisions made in the 20th century. Despite the horrid riots made outside schools due to racism against black African Americans, but in this case young children.

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Rosa Parks, an African American woman, was riding on the typical bus route from work to home and vice-versa. She sat at the front of the bus, as no one else was on, and then came on a white-man. She refused to give up her seat, which violated an Alabama law requiring blacks to relinquish seats to white people when the bus was full. This is what caused her arrest on December 1, 1955.

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Montgomery Bus Boycott (December 5, 1955)

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Montgomery Bus Boycott (December 5, 1955)

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African Americans were always obligated to sit in the back of public transportation buses, because the front seats were for whites only. After time the African Americans refused to ride city buses, which started off in Montgomery, Alabama. It became known as the Montgomery Bus Boycott in which African Americans protested segregated seating, and it was regarded as the first large-scale US demonstration against segregation.

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On September 4, 1957 the first day of the new school year at Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, nine African American students were enrolled. They made their way through crowds of people yelling obscenities at them, even getting objects thrown at them. These students were the first colored students in a previously all white high school. The Little Rock Nine were an inspiration at desegregating schools, and later other public areas.

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Greensboro, NC Lunch Counter Sit-In (February 1, 1960)

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Greensboro, NC Lunch Counter Sit-In (February 1, 1960)

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The Greensboro sit-in was a civil rights protest that started in 1960, in which African American students sat at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in North Carolina. They refused to leave even after their service was denied by the workers. This sit-in movement spread to other college towns in the South, putting a test to the segregated diners in the towns.

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Freedom riders were both black and white men and women who participated in bus rides. These bus rides were mixed with both black and white people who traveled all throughout the South to protest against segregated bus terminals which did result in them getting confronted by arresting officers but that did not stop them.

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"Letter From Birmingham Jail" By MLK (April 16, 1963)

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"Letter From Birmingham Jail" By MLK (April 16, 1963)

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Martin Luther King Jr. wrote "A Letter from Birmingham Jail" in 1963 while imprisoned for protesting against the treatment of black people in Birmingham, Alabama. The purpose for this letter was to defend nonviolent direct action, and he explained this through rhetorical appeal.

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Birmingham Children's March (May 2-3, 1963)

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Birmingham Children's March (May 2-3, 1963)

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The march was in Birmingham Alabama with more than 5,000 kids participating. The purpose of this march was to walk down to the mayor to talk about segregation in their city. It is important to note protesters from this event were from the age of 7-18, it is also important to know this was a peaceful protest but many were thrown in jail and or attacked.

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March On Washington - I Have a Dream Speech (August 28, 1963)

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March On Washington - I Have a Dream Speech (August 28, 1963)

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The "I Have a Dream" speech was a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist and Baptist minister, Martin Luther King Jr.. The March on Washington was a call for equality, freedom, civil and economic rights, and an end to racism in the US. It became one of the defining moments of the civil rights movement and one of the most iconic speeches in American history.

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Birmingham 16th street bombing (September 15, 1963)

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Birmingham 16th street bombing (September 15, 1963)

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There was a terrorist attack in Birmingham, Alabama at a church. This was a devastating act as the church members were mainly African American. This horrid act was done by Ku Klux Klan members. It injured 14 people and killed four girls.

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Freedom summers was a campaign, specifically a volunteer campaign to get as many black African American voters to register. This did not sit well with white voters so they tried to interfere with this mission. This was in Mississippi.

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In July 2, 1964 congress passed the Civil Rights Act. In which prohibits the discrimination against religion, race, color, sex and or nationality origin. This was also great news as it also implied in the workforce.

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Malcolm X Assassinated (February 21, 1965)

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Malcolm X Assassinated (February 21, 1965)

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In an interview before his assassination, Malcolm X exacerbated that tensions existed between Elijah Muhammad and himself. Then later the next day, on the stage at Audubon Ballroom, Malcolm X was gunned down by a man with a shotgun. After his deatha, three members of the Nation of Islam (Mujahid Abdul Halim, Muhammad A. Aziz, and Khail Islam) were charged with the first degree murder of Malcolm X.

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Bloody Sunday of Selma to Montgomery March (March 7, 1965)

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Bloody Sunday of Selma to Montgomery March (March 7, 1965)

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The Bloody Sunday of Selma protest to Montgomery were three protest in which it started in Selma, Alabama and was expected to reach the city´s capitol. The march was led by Martin Luther King Jr. and it was peaceful since they were all walking. They were unfortunately met with violent police troops on their way and many were injured which was really disappointing considering the Civil Rights Act was passed last year when this took place.

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Voting Rights Act of 1965 (August 6, 1965)

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Voting Rights Act of 1965 (August 6, 1965)

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After the Civil War, many Southern states still refused to allow African Americans the right to vote, and in order to do so they'd create complex systems. These included the Grandfather Clause, and literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. Then an act was signed into law on August 6, 1965 by President Lyndon Johnson which outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted by the Southern States.

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A couple in Virginia, known as Richard and Mildred Loving, took their marriage rights to the court. They were banned from marrying as they were of the opposite race, but the case was taken in by the Supreme Court. It was than that the US Supreme Court unanimously (9-0) ruled that laws banning interracial marriage violate the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the 14th to the US Constitution.

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Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated (April 4, 1968)

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Martin Luther King Jr. Assassinated (April 4, 1968)

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Martin Luther King Jr. an important person in the Civil Rights movement, especially in terms of desegregating the South of the US was assassinated. He was fatally shot by James Earl Ray at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968 at 6:01 pm. The motive was his assassination was the deep hatred that James held towards MLK, and he was known to be an outspoken racist.