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1954: Supreme Court rules in Bolling v Sharpe to desegregate DC schools
1964: Thanks to 23rd Amendment, Washingtonians vote in first presidential election since 1800
1965: Marion Barry opens DC chapter of Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee
1967: President Lyndon B. Johnson reorganizes DC government to restore elected government
1968: Civil disturbances rock DC
1973: Home Rule Act restores limited local control
1974: DC adds elected Advisory Neighborhood Commissions
1974: DC residents elect Walter E. Washington mayor
1976: Metrorail opens Red line, Rhode Island Avenue to Farragut North |