CHRONOLOGY
1960
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) is founded.
1961
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Freedom Rides.
1963
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March on Washington.
1964
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Civil Rights Act.
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Mississippi Freedom Summer Project.
1965
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Voting Rights Act.
1965–1968
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Riots in major cities.
1966
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Black Panther Party for Self-Defense is founded.
1968
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Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated.