1 янв 1955 г. - Desegregation of Buses

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Emmett Till, a 14 year old African American is murdered by Roy Bryant and J. W. Milam. The all-white jury finds the defendants not guilty of murder. Rallies are held in Baltimore, Chicago, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Detroit and New York. Rosa Parks a former NAACP Montgomery secretary is arrested when she refuses to give up her seat in a segregated bus. She is fined $14. Reverent Martin Luther King Jr. heads the Montgomery bus boycott as they reject demands of desegregating their buses.

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