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Civil Rights Movement- 19th & 20th Centuries
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Adventures of Huckelberry Finn Published
Mark Twian publishes the sequel to "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer". Controversy plagues parts of the south where people believed that the book was "humanizing" Jim the African American character in the book. -
Plessy v. Fergason
This case was about a a multi racial man named Homer Plessy whom lived in New Orleans and was forced to take the blacks olny car because he was one 8th African. He ws arrested, this was African Americans plan, they wanted him to get arrested so that they could get the "Separate But Equal" laws effeaced but in the end they were upheld by the Supreme Court -
National Association of Colored Women is formed
The association was formed to improve the life, homes, and communities of their fellow African Americans. They focused on job training, equal pay, and chidcare. These things uplifted the African American and helped them live a better life, the association was meant to help people. -
First Meeting of the Niagra Movement
The interracial group was working for civil rights, they opposed racial segragation anf the movement was named after the Niagra Falls for its "mighty current". They wanted equal treatment for everyone and had all of their members follow a declaration that stated all of their wishes for the furture, in terms of helping the African Americans. -
First Harlem Globtrotters Game
Beginings of The Harlem GlobetrottersWhat started out as the savoy Big Five to promote a night club in Chicago in 1926 soon became the world famous Harlem Globtrotters. Their shows/games broke social and cultural barriers all over the world. -
Association of Southern Women for the prevention of Lynching founded
Founded by Jessie Daniel Ames and 12 other member that sought to convinse white women to be strong against lynching. This group did a lot for making lymching illegal. Many have learned from them and give thatnks to Jessie and the rest of the Southern Women Against Lynching. -
First Issue of Ebony Magazine published
James Brown Ebony Magazine is a normal everyday coffe table magazine which focuses on the achievments of blacks from "Harlem to Hollywood" and to have positive images of blacks when the world had mostley negative ones back then. -
First African American Student admitted to UVA Law School
Gregory Swanson sued to gain admittance into UVA's law school in 1950 which is even before the Brown v. Board disicion that made all schools desegragate. -
Brown v. Board of Education
The US Supreme Court case that declared state laws for seprate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. This ruling paved the way for integration to happen, it was a major victory for the Civil Rights Movement. -
Civil Rights Act of 1960
This ferderal law signed by Presiden Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1960, established federal inspection of voter registration polls and established penalties to anyone that would obstruct a persons attemp to register to vote. -
Bombing Massacre of th MOVE house
House Fire MOVE was founded in 1972 and avocated for green politics and all of the members changed their last name to "Africa". The MOVE House in West Philidalphia where members lived brodcasting political messages by bull horn- even at night. Some complaints lead to armed standoffs with the police and escalated to state police droppign two bombs on the house. The massive blaze destroyed 65 homes and 11 people died from the fire. -
Douglas Wilder : First African American Gov.
Runnign for office He served as the first African American to be elected as govenor of any state and the grandson of slaves. He was the 66th govenor of Virgina from 1990-1994. He was an inspirational figure to all who followed in his footsteps to one day become leaders of America.
