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1955: Racial tensions run high as the Civil Rights Movement makes real changes in American society. Rosa Parks refuses to go to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Two African-American leaders, Lamar D. Smith and George W. Lee, are killed.
1996: Dozens of African-American churches, mostly in the South, burn down during the spring and summer months. Though the cause of some of the blazes is unknown, arson is suspected in many cases.
1950: According to crime statistics, approximately 7,000 murders were committed in the United States during the year.
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