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This ended segregation in the armed forces and led to an end of segregation during the Korean war
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Court case that lead to the desegregation of schools
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Boycott against the public transportation system racial discrimination
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The little rock nine were 9 African Americans who went to all white school. There was a lot of protection for them when entering each day
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Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1957 into law to help protect voter rights. The law allows federal prosecution of those who suppress another’s right to vote.
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Four African American college students in Greensboro, North Carolina refuse to leave a Woolworth’s “whites only” lunch counter without being served. The Greensboro Four—Ezell Blair Jr., David Richmond, Franklin McCain and Joseph McNeil—were inspired by the nonviolent protest of Gandhi. The Greensboro Sit-In, as it came to be called, sparks similar “sit-ins” throughout the city and in other states.
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black and white activists, known as freedom riders, took bus trips through the American South to protest segregated bus terminals attempted to use “whites-only” restrooms and lunch counters. The Freedom Rides were marked by horrific violence from white protesters. they drew international attention to their cause.
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Approximately 250,000 people take part in The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Martin Luther King gives his “I Have A Dream” speech as the closing address in front of the Lincoln Memorial, stating, “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.’”
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President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, preventing employment discrimination due to race, color, sex, religion or national origin. Title VII of the Act establishes the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to help prevent workplace discrimination.
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President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to prevent the use of literacy tests as a voting requirement. It also allowed federal examiners to review voter qualifications and federal observers to monitor polling places.
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President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, also known as the Fair Housing Act, providing equal housing opportunity regardless of race, religion or national origin.
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to serve as Ambassador to the United Nations in 1977, the first African American to serve in the position. In Regents of the
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became the first African American to go into space in NASA's program.
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signed a bill in 1983 to create a federal holiday to honor Martin Luther King, who was assassinated in 1968 and considered a martyr to civil rights. Established by legislation in 1983, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day was first celebrated as a national holiday on January 20, 1986.
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became the first African American to win the title of Miss America as Miss America 1984.
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elected as the first African-American governor in Virginia. Four white police officers were videotaped beating African-American Rodney King in Los Angeles, on March 3, 1991. Clarence Thomas was confirmed to the US Supreme Court in 1991
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became the first African-American woman to travel in space when she went into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
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became the first African-American woman to be elected to the United States Senate on November 3, 1992.
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was elected 44th President of the United States of America on November 4, 2008, opening his victory speech with, "If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible; who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time; who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer."
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issued a commemorative six-stamp set portraying twelve civil rights pioneers in 2010.
