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May 17, 1954. The supreme court unanimously voted 9-0 for the desegregation of public schools. The Brown family started the whole thing because Oliver brown believed that his daughter should be able to go to a public school close to his home. This is important because it started a revolution where black children can be able to go to white dominated schools. This will be more important later on in Little Rock Arkansas.

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December 1, 1955. During this time, Black people were being treated horribly. Segregation was still around and one day, a woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man and she was arrested. It is important to the civil rights movement because this kind of started the entire movement.

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September 3, 1957. The supreme court made segregation illegal for all public schools. One day, 9 black students went to Central high school in Little Rock Arkansas. They were harassed by racist white people who didn't want them to go. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to be with the 9 black kids. This is important because it helped black kids be able to go to white public schools.

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The Greensboro Four and the Sit-In Movement

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The Greensboro Four and the Sit-In Movement

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February 1, 1960. A group of four African American college students began a sit-in movement in downtown Greensboro. After buying food at the F.W. Woolworth department store, they sat at the “whites only” lunch counter. White people refused to give them service. The four students stayed until they closed and they came back the next day with 20 more black students. This is important because it shows that black people were being treated horribly over the smallest things.

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September 22, 1961. Black people were still being treated unfairly for months. After a lot of protests, arrests, and press conferences by the Freedom Riders, the Interstate Commerce Commission got rid of discriminatory seating on busses and ordered the removal of "whites only" signs from interstate bus terminals by November 1. This is important because it gave black people a little more freedom.

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August 1963. This was a huge protest that happened. Over 250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln memorial. They wanted to bring more attention to the bad things that were happening to black people. Martin Luther King Jr also gave his "I have a dream" speech. This is important because the event led more people to care about the revolution.

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February 21, 1965. In New York City, Malcolm X, an African American nationalist and religious leader, was shot and killed while addressing his Organization of Afro-American Unity at the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights. This is important because he was one of the main civil rights activists in his time.

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March 7, 1965. In Selma Alabama, there was a civil rights protest that ended in violence when the people marching were attacked and beaten by white state troopers and other people. The police used tear gas, bullwhips, and billy clubs. Over 17 marchers were put in the hospital. This is important because it shows that racism was still at an all-time high and even police officers were a part of it.

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April 4, 1968. At 6:05 P.M. Martin Luther King Jr was shot while standing on a balcony outside his second-ﬂoor room at the Lorraine Motel. One shot was heard coming from another location. MLK was rushed to a hospital and died an hour later. This is very important because he was another main civil rights leader. He inspired a lot of people and he did all of it while being non violent which is one of the most important things.

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April 11, 1968. This law made it illegal to refuse to rent, sell, negotiate, or make a unit unavailable on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, ability and national origin. President Lyndon Johnson created it. This is important because it helps out blacks everywhere.