| 1 February 1956 |
United States
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Racism
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Black women challenge Montgomery bus segregation in federal court
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| 5 December 1955 |
United States
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Racism
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Montgomery residents begin a mass bus boycott
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| 1 December 1955 |
United States
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Racism
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Rosa Parks resists Montgomery bus segregation
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| 12 April 1955 |
United States
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Medicine
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Polio vaccine trial results are announced
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| 12 April 1955 |
United States
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Medicine
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Salk’s inactivated polio vaccine is licensed
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| 12 April 1955 |
United States
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Medicine
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A major childhood disease becomes preventable
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| 12 April 1955 |
United States
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Medicine
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Large vaccine trial shapes public-health practice
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| 29 March 1955 |
United States
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Palestine
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SC Res. 106: Condemning Israel’s Attack Against Egypt’s Regular Army in Gaza
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| 2 March 1955 |
United States
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Racism
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Claudette Colvin refuses to surrender her bus seat
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| 17 May 1954 |
United States
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Racism
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Families and lawyers win Brown v. Board of Education
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| 24 November 1953 |
United States
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Palestine
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SC Res. 101: Censuring Israel for Its Retaliatory Action in Qibya in Violation of the Israel-Jordan Armistice
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| 19 June 1953 |
United States
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Racism
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Black residents begin the Baton Rouge bus boycott
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| 26 January 1952 |
United States
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Palestine
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UNGA Res. 512 (VI): UNCCP to Continue its Efforts
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| 26 January 1952 |
United States
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Palestine
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UNGA Res. 513 (VI): UNRWA to Carry Refugee Relief and Reintegration for 3 Years
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| 17 December 1951 |
United States
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Racism
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We Charge Genocide takes Black Americans’ claims to the UN
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