declares that racial segregation in schools is unconstitutional (May 17)
Rosa Parks in the buss
James Meredith becomes the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi (Oct. 1). President Kennedy sends 5,000 federal troops after rioting breaks out.
Martin Luther King's speech
KKK was established
Black panthers was founded
Guion Bluford Jr. was the first African-American in space. He took off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the space shuttle Challenger on August 30.
Colin Powell becomes the first African American U.S. Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice becomes the first black female U.S. Secretary of State.
Barack Obama Democrat from Chicago, becomes the first African American to be nominated as a major party nominee for president.