21 mars 2004 - Civil Rights Act of 1968

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Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee in a march to secure better conditions for sanitation workers. James Earl Ray is arrested and convicted to 99 years in prison. It is estimated that 300,000 people accompanied his coffin. King is buried in South View Cemetery. Two years later his body is moved to Ebenezer Baptist Church. Congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1968 which bars discrimination in housing. Richard Nixon gets elected as the 37th U.S. president.

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