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Gwendolyn Brooks became the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for her poetry book Annie Allen.
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The NBA Integrates
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Cicero Riots
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Baton Rouge Bus Boycotts
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Brown v. Board Of Education
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The Lynching of Emmett Till
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Claudette Colvin Refuses to Give Up Her Seat
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Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
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The Little Rock Nine
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Motown Records
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