D Block Civil Rights Timeline By bgallagher331 Period: May 27, 1890 to May 27, 1950 D Block Timeline Sep 18, 1895 Atlanta Exposition May 27, 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Decided Oct 9, 1901 TR invites Booker T. Washington May 27, 1908 WEB DuBois and NAACP May 27, 1910 Anti Lynching Laws Jul 4, 1910 Johnson v. Jeffries May 27, 1916 Great Migration begins Jul 27, 1919 Race Riots in Chicago Nov 27, 1919 More Race Riots May 27, 1923 KKK returns to power May 27, 1923 Garvey and Back to Africa May 27, 1926 Harlem Renaissance May 27, 1928 Louis Armstrong May 27, 1932 Sharecropping May 27, 1937 Scottsboro Boys Apr 9, 1939 Marion Anderson Sings from the Steps of Lincoln Memorial May 27, 1944 Tuskeegee Airman Jul 27, 1944 Morgan v. Virginia Apr 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson in the Big Leagues Jul 26, 1948 Truman Integrates the Armed Forces
