Alabama became the 22nd state to join the United States of America.
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Alabama Governor George Wallace stood in front of the schoolhouse door, refusing entry to two African American students.
Activists started a 54 mile (87 km) march from Selma to Montgomery.
The first-ever 911 call was made in the US.
A Ku Klux Klan bomb kills 4 young African-American girls.
Rosa Parks was arrested.
