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jan 1, 1954 - Brown v. Bd. of Education

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The NAACP filed this lawsuit and the Supreme Court overturned Plessy v. Fergusson and ended segregation in public accommodations. This resulted in more protests as African Americans demanded that segregation be ended in practice throughout the South.

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jan 1, 1954
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~ 72 years ago