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1953
Eisenhower appoints Earl Warren to the supreme court -
1954
Brown V. Board of education of Topeka -
rosa parks
Rosa parks refuses to give up her bus saet in Montgomery, Alabama -
Period: to
boycott
montgomery bus boycott -
virginia
virginia state legislature cuts funds for integrated schools to stall further integration. -
700
only 700 of 100,000 school districts in the south had desgregated -
found
southern christian leadership conference (sclc) is founded -
coast gaurd
Governor tarbus of Arkansas brings iin National gaurd to prevent black students from going into a white school -
sit in
"sit in" movement begins in Greensboro,North carolina -
burned bus
Freedom riders bus burned -
other america
michael harringtons the other America -
assassination of president
John F. Kennedy is assassinated -
letters
Martin luther kings "letter from Birmingham city jail" -
march
march on washington for civil rights -
i have a dream
Martin Luther Kings speech "i have a dream" -
24th
24th amendment abolishes any tax used as a prerequisite for voting -
lyndon b
Lyndon B. johnson elected president -
EEOC
Equal Employment oppurtunity commision (EEOC) -
civil rights
1964 civil rights act -
50 mile
50 mile protest march from Selma, AL to Montgomery, AL -
Affirmative
Affirmative action is instituted, also watts riots break out in Los Angeles. -
harlem
Malcolm X is assassinated by three members of the Nation of islam in Harlem -
supreme
Johnson appoints thurgood Marshall as the first amrican to the supreme court -
martin killed
Martin Luther king is assassinated -
phili plan
philidelphia plan requires construction trade unions to establish practice for hiring minorities. -
all school
all school segregation ends with alexander V. holmes county board of education