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16 Feb 1968
The first-ever 911 call was made in the US.
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7 Mar 1965
Activists started a 54 mile (87 km) march from Selma to Montgomery.
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15 Sep 1963
A Ku Klux Klan bomb kills 4 young African-American girls.
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11 Jun 1963
Alabama Governor George Wallace stood in front of the schoolhouse door, refusing entry to two African American students.
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16 Apr 1963
Martin Luther King Jr. writes 'Letter from a Birmingham Jail'.
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2 Apr 1963
Martin Luther King started his first of many non-violent demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, US.
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1 Dec 1955
Rosa Parks was arrested.
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25 Jun 1868
Florida, one of the confederate states, was readmitted to the Union.
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4 Feb 1861
The Confederate States of America are established.
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14 Dec 1819
Alabama became the 22nd state to join the United States of America.
