Civil Rights timeline

By asarora

  • Harriett Tubman escapes slavery

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    Civil Rights

  • President Abe Lincoln Assasinated

  • Ex-slave Oscar Dunn becomes Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana

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    Dr. King's active years

    The active years from the Montgomery Bus protests to Dr King's assasination.

  • Rosa Parks arrested/MLK boycott

  • MLK delivers "I Have a Dream" speech

  • MLK wins Nobel Peace Prize

  • MLK assasinated in Memphis, TN

  • Colin Powell becomes the first black US Secretary of the State

  • Halle Berry win an Oscar for Best Actress

  • Barack Obama becomes US President

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