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Governor George Wallace makes his inauguration speech, calling for "segregation not, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever."

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The first organized sit-ins take place at downtown lunch counters.

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Dr. Martin Luther King and other protesters are arrested after leading a nonviolent protest for demonstrating without a permit.

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D-Day, The Birmingham Children's Crusade begins. By the end of the day, 973 young marchers are jailed.

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Double D-Day. More protesters are arrested, most of whom are under eighteen. Commissioner Bull Connor authorizes the use of high-pressure water hoses and police dogs to control the crowds. Close to on thousand were arrested.

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Protests escalate as more adults join the marches. The jails are at maximum capacity, with thousands of young people imprisoned.y

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Dr. King and other protest organizers reach an argument with city leaders that begins the process of desegregation. The Ku Klux Klan holds a rally and the home of A.D. King, Dr. King's brother, is bombed.

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The school board expels many of the student demonstrators, but a federal judge overturns the expulsions just three days later.

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President Kennedy goes on television to speak about civil rights, urging congress to pass legislation.

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Birmingham officially withdraws the Segregation Ordinances.

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Over 250,000 people descend on Washington, D.C., during the March on Washington, where Dr. King Jr. gives his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

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The Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham is bombed by Klansmen and segregationists, killing four girls and injuring twenty other people.

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President Kennedy is assassinated in Dallas, Texas.

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Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which outlaws discrimination based on race, religion, sex, or national origin.

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Martin Luther King Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

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The Voting Rights Act ended practices that has barred African Americans from their right to vote.