1950's

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  • CORE

    CORE was founder

  • first transplant

    the first kidny transplant

  • SCLC

    SCLC was founded

  • civil rights movement

    the year the civil rights movement started

  • Emmett Till

    was killed for "whistling" at a white woman

  • SNCC

    SNCC was founded

  • Childrens Crsade

    Black children march on the streets

  • Freedom Summer

    civil rights organizations, the Congress on Racial Equality (CORE) and Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) organized a voter registration drive
  • MLK Jr

    MLK Jr

    MLK Jr dies

  • Civil rights act

    landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States