1968

Orangeburg Massacre (Feb)

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For more information:
Books: South Carolina Movement
Web: Orangeburg SC Movement & Orangeburg Massacre of 1968

Natchez Protests (Feb???)

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Memphis Garbage Workers Strike (Feb-April)
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For more information:
Books: Memphis Garbage Strike
Web: Memphis Garbage Workers Strike

Dr. King Assasinated in Memphis (April)

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For more information:
Books: Martin Luther King Assasination
Web: MLK Assasination in Memphis

Tuskegee Expells All Students (April)

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Civil Rights Act of 1968 (April)

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For more information:
Books: Civil Rights Legislation
Web: Civil Rights Act 1968 (AKA "Fair Housing Act")

End of Dual White & "Colored" School Systems

See Integrating Americus High School for preceding events.

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See also:
Student Strike at Moton High
Students and Parents Challenge School Segregation
NAACP Builds the Case
Brown v Board of Education
"Massive Resistance" to Integration
"All Deliberate Speed" Decision
Clintion, Tennessee — First White School Desegregated
Nashville "Grade-a-Year" School Desegregation Scheme
The Little Rock Nine
Youth March for Integrated Schools — Washington, DC
New Orleans School Desgregation
Massive Evasion of School Integration
Integrating Americus High School
Crawfordville, GA, School Bus Struggle

For more information:
Books: Schools and School Desegregation
Web: Brown v. Board of Education 1950-1954

Poor People's Campaign Ends (June)
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