1960Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) founded.
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1961Freedom Rides challenge segregation.
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1963March on Washington draws 250,000 participants.
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1964Mississippi Freedom Summer Project conducts voter drives.
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1965Voting Rights Act enacted.
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1965–1968Riots erupt in major cities.
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1966Black Panther Party for Self-Defense founded.
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1968Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated.
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