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Plessy v. Ferguson
A landmark decision from the Supreme Court that made racial inequality legal. -
Founding of NAACP
Organization formed to advance justice for African-Americans in the U.S. (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -
Jackie Robinson Integrates Baseball
African-American baseball player Jackie Robinson plays baseball in the major leagues -
The Military Integrates
Harry S. Truman signs the President's Committee on Equality and Opportunity in the Armed Services, which commits the military to letting African-Americans join. -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Landmark Supreme Court case in which the court declared segregated schools to be unconstitutional. -
The Murder of Emmett Till
14 year old Emmett Till was brutally abducted and murdered (lynched) after a white woman said he had "offended" her. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Social Protest campaign against the racial segregation employed on public buses in Montgomery, Alabama -
Little Rock Nine
Nine African-American students attend an all white high school. -
Greensboro Sit-In
African-American high school students sit in at a segregated restaurant counter in Greensboro. -
Freedom Riders
Civil Rights activists who protested Morgan v. Virginia and Boynton v. Virginia. -
Birmingham Children's March
4000 African-American children walked out of school at 11 to protest racism in Birmingham. -
March on Washington
A lot of Black-Americans marched to protest racism in Washington. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlawed discrimination based on race, sex, ETC. -
Malcom X Assassinated
Malcolm X, civil rights activist, is assassinated -
Selma March
Three marches from Selma to Mongtomery in Alabama, protesting racism. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Prohibited racial discrimination in voting. -
Watts Riots
False news spread that police had hurt a pregnant women in a fight with a motorcyclist, causing huge riots all throughout LA.
