Civil Rights By JohnoAudreyJessica Feb 12, 1902 NAACP Founded https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones Jul 15, 1913 UNIA Founded https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones 1918 The Harlem Renaissance https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones 1941 African Americans serve in WWII https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones Apr 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American athlete to play in a major league https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones May 17, 1951 Brown v. Board of Education https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycotts https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones Aug 28, 1955 Emmett Till is murdered https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones Mar 7, 1957 Selma March https://www.britannica.com/list/timeline-of-the-american-civil-rights-movement Aug 28, 1963 March on Washington https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones 1976 Recognition of Black History Month https://www.voteprotection.org/50-years-of-black-history/#:~:text=1977%3A%20Andrew%20Young%20is%20America's,American%20to%20hold%20the%20position 1977 First Black American Ambassador in the United Nation https://www.voteprotection.org/50-years-of-black-history/#:~:text=1977%3A%20Andrew%20Young%20is%20America's,American%20to%20hold%20the%20position 1992 The assault of Rodney King https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-timeline-post-civil-rights 1992 Los Angeles Riots https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-timeline-post-civil-rights 1992 Mae Jeminson becomes the first black woman in space https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mae-Jemison 1997 Million Woman March https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-timeline-post-civil-rights 2008 First Black President of the United States https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-timeline-post-civil-rights 2011 Black Lives Matter is introduced to the media https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-timeline-post-civil-rights 2016 Colin Kaepernick takes a knee https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-timeline-post-civil-rights May 25, 2020 George Floyd is Murdered https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-timeline-post-civil-rights
