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NAACP was founded
America's oldest and largest civil rights organization -
Jackie Robinson joined Brooklyn Dodgers
The Brooklyn Dodgers decided to sign Jackie Robinson to challenge racial segregation in baseball and gain a competitive advantage -
Brown v. Board
The Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. -
Desegregation on Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas
a major test of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling -
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus for a white man so she was arrested. -
Congress passed Civil Rights Act of 1957
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed it into law on September 9, 1957. It was the first federal civil rights legislation since 1875 -
Sit-In at Woolworth's lunch counter
the official policy was to refuse service to anyone but whites -
CORE "freedom ride"
a series of bus trips organized by the Congress of Racial Equality -
Dr. Kind thrown into Birmingham jail
MLK was arrested and put into jail after leading a non-violent protest -
March on Washington
a protest against racial discrimination and a call for civil rights legislation -
Congress passed Civil Rights Act of 1964
a landmark piece of legislation that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, and ended segregation in public places and federally funded programs. -
"Bloody Sunday"
a march held in Selma, Alabama, in 1965 for the 600 people attacked on the Edmund Pettus Bridge -
Voting Rights Act
a landmark piece of federal legislation in the US that prohibits racial discrimination in voting -
MLK Was Assassinated
MLK was shot dead while standing on the balcony outside his second-floor motel room in Memphis, Tennessee