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Created in response to the ongoing violence toward blacks around the country -
Nine black teenagers falsely accused of raping two white women abroad a train near Scottsboro, Alabama -
First African American to play on a "white" baseball team -
Court case in which the justices rules unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional -
Black man Murdered for whistling at a white woman -
Civil rights protest where African Americans refused to ride city buses to protest against segregated seating -
Nine black students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School, They were then prevented to enter the segregated school -
Ruby was escorted to school everyday by 4 federal marshals -
A letter that MLK addressed to his fellow clergyman while in jail after a nonviolent protest -
Law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, notional origin. -
Leader in civil rights movement until his assassination in New York City -
Organized to teach African American self defense -
First African American Supreme Court justice -
Civil rights leader, assassinated on his hotels balcony -
First Black US President