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The 14th Amendment gave people of color equal protection. The 15th Amendment gave black men the right to vote photo demonstrates injustice of Jim Crow laws during the time period -
After people of color threatened to march on the white house President Franklin D. Roosevelt passed the law that people of all races could get jobs. Law passed so all races could get jobs/be employed -
Rosa Parks refused to stand up and move to the back for another white man on the bus and started a whole boycott. The boycott lasted 381 days. 381 day long Boycott because of Rosa Park's refusal to stand up from her seat -
New civil rights bill passed due to southern states making it challenging for african americans to exercise their rights. First major civil rights bill since reconstruction
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9 black students known as the little rock 9 were brought into an all white high school to start desegregation.
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Four college students fought against segregation by refusing to leave Woolworth’s lunch counter without being served
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seven Black and six white activists mounted a bus in Washington, D.C., embarking on a bus tour of the American South to protest segregated bus terminal Shows protests during civil rights movements -
Over 200,000 people congregated in Washington D.C for a peaceful march in protest of civil rights legislation and job equity
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President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the civil rights act of 1964, and President John F Kennedy initiated legislation into law that year. Shows impact of the civil rights act of 1964 -
600 peaceful demonstrators participated in the selma to montgomery march to protest the killing of black civil rights activist Jimmie lee jackson. Protesters were stopped by police, and through their refusal to stand down they were beaten and teargassed, and many were hospitalized.
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global realization of black lives matter after his assassination
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Many students gathered causing a large group of violence and law enforcement opened fire which caused racial unrest across media
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Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman in U.S. Congress, the first woman as well to run for a major party nomination
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After he beat Babe Ruth's record he was sent death threats but, Jimmy Carter spoke and helped advance civil rights
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Banning of racial quotes in collage admissions
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After the police officers that beat RK were found not guilty, riots and protests began for awareness of police brutality
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The march promoted unity, responsibility, and spiritual renewal among Black men. It drew hundreds of thousands and had significant cultural and political impact.
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Obama became the first U.S president to mark a major movement in American Racial History
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After the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin, Opal Tometi created the phrase “Black Lives Matter” online.
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Protests for racial justice and police reform after his death