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Booker T. Washington on freedom “ It is important and right that all privileges of law be ours, but it is vastly more important that we be prepared for the exercise of those privileges.”
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Brown v. Board of Education 1954
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Southern White protest
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Thurgood Marshall Lawyer for the Brown family
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August 1955 Emmett Till
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Emmett Till’s jury
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Emmett’s Funeral
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Dec. 1955 Rosa Parks
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Dr. King becomes the voice of Civil Rights Movement 1957
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Little Rock 1957 9 black students are refused entrance into Central High School
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Sit-Ins 1960
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James Meridith first black to enroll in University of Mississippi—1961---Riots cause President Kennedy to call in 5,000 federal troops.
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April 16, 1963 Dr. King is arrested (again) Jailed in Birmingham
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May 1963 Birmingham protest
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June 1963---Medgar Evers is murdered
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August 1963 King Dream Speech in DC
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Sept. 1963 Birmingham
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Feb. 1965 Malcolm X
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March 1965 Bloody Sunday
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April 4 1968
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