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      <title>Interactive Map: The Civil Rights Movement in the Southern United States (1940s-1960s) by Nelson Gonzalez</title>
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         <title>May 17, 1954: Brown v. Board of Education</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. This landmark decision overturned the 'separate but equal' doctrine and paved the way for integration in American education.]]></description>
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         <title>December 1, 1955: Montgomery Bus Boycott Begins</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama. Her arrest sparked a 381-day boycott of the city's bus system, led by Martin Luther King Jr. This event is often considered the beginning of the modern Civil Rights Movement.]]></description>
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         <title>September 4, 1957: Little Rock Nine</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Nine African American students, known as the Little Rock Nine, were initially prevented from entering the all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. President Eisenhower had to send federal troops to escort the students, enforcing the Supreme Court's desegregation ruling.]]></description>
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         <title>February 1, 1960: Greensboro Sit-Ins</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Four African American college students sat at a whites-only lunch counter at Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina. Their nonviolent protest sparked similar sit-ins across the South, challenging segregation in public spaces.]]></description>
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         <title>May 4, 1961: Freedom Rides Begin</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Civil rights activists known as Freedom Riders began taking interstate bus trips through the Southern United States to protest segregation on buses and in bus terminals. They faced violent opposition but helped bring national attention to the civil rights cause.]]></description>
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         <title>June 11, 1963: Stand in the Schoolhouse Door</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Governor George Wallace stood at the entrance of Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama to block two African American students from enrolling. President Kennedy had to federalize the Alabama National Guard to ensure the students' entry, marking a significant moment in desegregation efforts.]]></description>
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         <title>August 28, 1963: March on Washington</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Over 200,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C. for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Here, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous 'I Have a Dream' speech, calling for racial equality and an end to discrimination.]]></description>
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         <title>March 7, 1965: Bloody Sunday</title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Civil rights demonstrators were violently attacked by state troopers as they attempted to march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. The event, known as 'Bloody Sunday,' shocked the nation and led to the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.]]></description>
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