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Feb 1 1960,  Four black students from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical College begin a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter. Although they are refused service, they are allowed to stay at the counter. The event triggers many similar nonviolent protests throughout the South. Six months later the original four protesters are served lunch at the same Woolworth's counter. Student sit-ins would be effective throughout the Deep South in integrating parks, swimming pools, theaters, libraries, and other public facilities.

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In the Supreme Court case Ricci v. DeStefano, a lawsuit brought against the city of New Haven, 18 plaintiffsâ��17 white people and one Hispanicâ��argued that results of the 2003 lieutenant and captain exams were thrown out when it was determined that few minority firefighters qualified for advancement. The city claimed they threw out the results because they feared liability under a disparate-impact statute for issuing tests that discriminated against minority firefighters. The plaintiffs claimed that they were victims of reverse discrimination under the Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The Supreme Court ruled (5â��4) in favor of the firefighters, saying New Haven's "action in discarding the tests was a violation of Title VII."

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In Raleigh, N.C., African American college students create the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee to give young blacks a stronger role in the civil rights movement.

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Students silently protest by sitting in a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter
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John F Kenndy won the election.

John F. Kennedy wins presidency in tightest election since 1884.

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1961 The Soviet fired a 0-megaton hydrogen bomb, the biggest explosion in history.

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Over the spring and summer, student volunteers begin taking bus trips through the South to test out new laws

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May. 4 1961,

Over the spring and summer, student volunteers begin taking bus trips through the South to test out new laws that prohibit segregation in interstate travel facilities, which includes bus and railway stations. Several of the groups of "freedom riders," as they are called, are attacked by angry mobs along the way. The program, sponsored by The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), involves more than 1,000 volunteers, black and white. May 4. 1961

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Kennedy Warns of Possible Nuclear Attack

October 6, 1961 President Kennedy advises citizens to be ready for a nuclear attack, and build family bomb shelters.

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Over the spring and summer, student volunteers begin taking bus trips through the South to test out new laws that prohibit segregation in interstate travel facilities, which includes bus and railway stations.

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Wilt Chamberlain scored 100 points 1962, March 2nd.  Against the New York Knicks. He was on the 76ers at the time.

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1962
James Meredith becomes the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi.

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October 1, 1962 , James Meredith becomes the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi.

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John F. Kennedy went to Dallas Texas, He was in a parade. Every one herd three shots. JFK was dead in his car, right next to his wife. As everyone was crying Lyndon B Johnson became president.

Nicholas Silacci

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During the civil rights in march, Martin Luther king delivers one of the most impassioned speeches to an audience of 25,000 people! Speaking in front of the Lincoln Memorial, King sets aside his prepared notes to describe his vision of an nation that will "rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal."

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April 1963- Martin Luther was arrested during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham,Ala; he wrote from jail, the letter was called”Letter from Birmingham Jail '' he argued the individuals have the moral duty that they can disobey unjust laws.

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The president John F Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas Texas. Bringing Lyndon B Johnson into office  - Matthew Fech

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Zack Bernstein-August 28, 1963-  200,000 people listen to Martin Luther King’s famous “I have a dream” speech.

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Zack Bernstein-August 28, 1963-  200,000 people listen to Martin Luther King’s famous “I have a dream” speech.

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In November of 1963, President John wanted to get stiffer policies in Vietnam of November 1963.

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Ashley.                                   april 16 1963  

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Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham, Ala.; he writes his seminal "Letter from Birmingham Jail," arguing that individuals have the moral duty to disobey unjust laws.

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1964 january 23 The 24th Amendment abolishes the poll tax, which originally had been instituted in 11 southern states after Reconstruction to make it difficult for poor blacks to vote.

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Mississippi's NAACP field secretary, 37-year-old Medgar Evers, is murdered outside his home. Byron De La Beckwith is tried twice in 1964, both trials resulting in hung juries. Thirty years later he is convicted for murdering Evers.

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On August 10 1965, Congress passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, making it easier for Southern blacks to register to vote. Literacy tests, poll taxes, and other such requirements that were used to restrict black voting are made illegal.

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Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham, Ala

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Black nationalist, took a fatal shot. He is believed to be shot because he favored orthodox Islam

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The Supreme Court, in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, upholds busing as a legitimate means for achieving integration of public schools. Although largely unwelcome (and sometimes violently opposed) in local school districts, court-ordered busing plans in cities such as Charlotte, Boston, and Denver continue until the late 1990s.

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In March 7, 1965, blacks begin a march to Montgomery in support of voting rights but are stopped at the Pettus Bridge by a police blockade. Fifty marchers are hospitalized after police use tear gas, whips, and clubs against them. The incident is dubbed "Bloody Sunday" by the media. The march is considered the catalyst for pushing through the voting rights act five months later.

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In March 7, 1965, blacks begin a march to Montgomery in support of voting rights but are stopped at the Pettus Bridge by a police blockade. Fifty marchers are hospitalized after police use tear gas, whips, and clubs against them. The incident is dubbed "Bloody Sunday" by the media. The march is considered the catalyst for pushing through the voting rights act five months later.

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Josias A. Nieves

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On August 6,1965 the legislation ends discrimination at the polls.

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Congress passes the Voting Rights Act of 1965, making it easier for Southern blacks to register to vote. Literacy tests, poll taxes, and other such requirements that were used to restrict black voting are made illegal.

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1967 April 19, a leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, coins the phrase "black power" in a speech in Seattle. He defines it as an assertion of black pride and "the coming together of black people to fight for their liberation by any means necessary." The term's radicalism alarms many who believe the civil rights disobedience.

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1968 april 4 (Memphis, Tenn.) Martin Luther King, at age 39, is shot as he stands on the balcony outside his hotel room. Escaped convict and committed racist James Earl Ray is convicted of the crime.

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1968 April 11 President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.

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"One Small Step For Man, One Giant Leap For Mankind"

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"One Small Step For Man, One Giant Leap For Mankind"

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On July 20th, 1969, Apollo 11 reached the moon. Half a billion people watched in shock and awe as the Lander touched down on the Moon's surface. Half a billion people watched Neil Armstrong place the american flag, as he said his famous quote, : "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

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Martin Luther king was arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham.

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When Martin Luther King was 39,  he was shot, while standing on the balcony outside his hotel room.- April 4th 1968