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The Montgomery bus boycott, which began after Rosa Parks was detained on December 1, 1955, was a 13-month nationwide demonstration that led to the U.S. Supreme Court declaring that segregation on public transportation is unconstitutional. The boycott…

Nazi and Japanese leaders sign a pact against communist influence

On August 28, 1963 more than 200,000 people participated in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in the nation's capital. The John F. Kennedy administration was successfully pressured by the march to introduce a robust federal civil rights…

T34 tanks line up in front of the a church as they prepare for the Battle of Moscow

Black and white portrait of German cartographer Augustus Petermann.