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Unit 8 – The Postwar Period and Cold War, 1945–1980
Topic 8.6
Which government action first began the desegregation of public schools in the United States?
The Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education.
Rosa Park's refusal to give up her bus seat.
President Truman's Executive Order 9981.
The signing of the Civil Rights Act.
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