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Students stage protest against segregation at Montgomery capitol building
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Hundreds of black students stage a peaceful protest against segregation in front of the former Confederate capitol building in Montgomery. Nine Alabama State students connected with the protest will be expelled.
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March 1, 1960
Students stage protest against segregation at Montgomery capitol building
March 2, 1960
60 students arrested at Nashville bus station protest
March 6, 1960
800 African-Americans march toward Alabama state capitol building
March 15, 1960
Committee on Appeal for Human Rights holds first sit-in
March 16, 1960
San Antonio integrates lunch counters
March 30, 1960
Marshall police break up lunch counter sit-in
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