| 1 February 1960 |
United States
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Racism
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Four students begin the Greensboro lunch-counter sit-in
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| 3 February 1959 |
United States
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Racism
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Civil rights organizers depart for an exchange in India
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| 12 September 1958 |
United States
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Racism
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Cooper v. Aaron rejects state obstruction of school desegregation
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| 18 January 1958 |
United States
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Racism
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Lumbee community members disrupt a Ku Klux Klan rally
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| 25 September 1957 |
United States
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Racism
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The Little Rock Nine enter Central High under federal protection
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| 9 September 1957 |
United States
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Racism
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A civil rights law expands federal tools against voting discrimination
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| 17 May 1957 |
United States
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Racism
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The Prayer Pilgrimage presses for voting rights and desegregation
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| 10 January 1957 |
United States
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Racism
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Southern organizers begin building the organization later named SCLC
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| 21 December 1956 |
United States
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Racism
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Montgomery residents return to desegregated buses
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| 24 November 1956 |
United States
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Palestine
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UNGA Res. 1120 (XI): Calling Again for Withdrawal of French, British and Israeli Troops
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| 7 November 1956 |
United States
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Palestine
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UNGA Res. 1002 (ES-1): Calling for Withdrawal of Israeli Forces Behind Armistice Lines and of British and French Forces from Egypt
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| 5 November 1956 |
United States
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Palestine
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UNGA Res. 998 (ES-I): Creating the UN Emergency Force (UNEF)
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| 2 November 1956 |
United States
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Palestine
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UNGA Res. 997 (ES-I): Calling for an Immediate Cease-Fire (the Suez Crisis)
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| 5 June 1956 |
United States
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Racism
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The Browder ruling rejects compulsory bus segregation
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| 3 February 1956 |
United States
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Racism
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Autherine Lucy attends classes at the University of Alabama
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