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born in Tuskegee, Alabama, on February 4, 1913. Rosa moved to Montgomery, Alabama, at age 11 and eventually attended high school there. Rosa, who worked as a seamstress, became respected members of Montgomery’s large African American community. In December 1943, Rosa also joined the Montgomery chapter of the NAACP and became chapter secretary. She worked closely with chapter president Edgar Daniel (E.D.) Nixon.
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His birth name was Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. Martin trained young boxers and he started to train Clay at his gym. After becoming a successful boxer, He joined the group Nation of Islam in 1964, he then changed his name to Muhammad Ali. In April 1967 he was drafted to the military but refused to fight so he was sentenced to prison. After returning to boxing in 1970 he continued to dominate and 56 wins, five losses and 37 knockouts before his retirement from boxing in 1981 at the age of 39.
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Ruby Bridges help make important advances to the civil rights movement. In November 1960 she became the first person to join an all-white elementary school in the south. Ruby and her mother were escorted by four federal marshals to the school every day that year. Some families supported her and some people in the north gave money to their family. However, Ruby’s father lost his job and grocery stores refused to sell to them. After graduated high school she became a travel agent.
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white male passenger. This started African Americans boycotting using the public transport system for 381 days which led to the congress ruling that keeping buses segregated was unconstitutional.
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Sixty black pastors and civil rights leaders from several southern states-including martin Luther King Jr. meet in Atlanta Georgia to coordinate nonviolent protests against racial discrimination and segregation.
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this movement protested the segregation policies in Albany, Ga. Many groups took part in the Albany movement like the SNCC, NAACP, and the SCLC. Martin Luther King jr. Was put in jail during a demonstration but was released 3 days later.
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She was the first black student in a all white school. When she attended her school she would be escorted by four federal marshals everyday of school. When she would walk home people would be yelling racial slurs at her and her mom.
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the speech was given in front of 250,000 people and is one of the most famous speeches ever given. King used universal themes to depict the struggles of African Americans before closing with an improvised riff on his dreams of equality. This shows change because an African American was able to share his voice and what he though without being muted.
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1963 One of the largest political rallies in the US marched on the mall in Washington DC. An estimated 200,000 to 300,000 people participated. Matin Luther King jr. gave his “I have a dream” speech, this march is credited as the passing of the civil right movement.
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It ended Job discrimination. The event was nationally televised and hundreds of guests were invited to watch. After using more than 75 pens to sign the bill, he gave them away as mementoes of the historic occasion. One of the first pens went to Martin Luther King jr, who called it one of his most cherished possessions.
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protesters attempted to march peacefully from Selma, AL to the state capital. The march however did not go as planned and state troopers violently brought the march to an end causing many people to get behind the movement.
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This allowed African Americans to have the right to vote, though the law passed the state and local enforcement of the law was weak and it was often outright ignored. It to prevented the use of literacy test as a voting requirement. This showed change because before this African Americans couldn't vote because some of them were less educated than white Americans because they weren't allowed at schools.
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The day before he had given a speech to support a sanitation workers’ strike in the speech he said “I’ve seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land. And I’m happy tonight. I’m not worried about anything. I’m not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.” The next day he was shot by a sniper in the neck he died a 39.
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After He served as the president for eight years, he headed the largest university system in the nation, the State University of New York. During this period, Wharton managed 64 campuses with an enrollment of 370,000 students and an annual budget of more than $2.5 billion. -
This map show every city the civil rights movement was in.
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The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc., is a nonprofit nonpartisan public policy, research and educational institute that seeks to advance the global black community.
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This is important because she was the 2nd person every to try and run for president as a black woman. Before this she was the back woman to hold a seat in congress. This shows how
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This shows how white people have had the Majorite employment compared to black people even thought the gap has gotten smaller
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he convention attracted around ten thousand African-Americans, the event discussed and advocated for black communities that undergo significant economic and social crisis.
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the U.S. Supreme Court declared affirmative action constitutional but invalidated the use of racial quotas.
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Ali defeated Leon Spinks at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans after the fight Ali retired, two years later he returned to boxing again briefly. This shows change because before this a African American couldn't win champion.
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This shows change because an African American was able to be elect and stay as the mayor. This also shows change because before this there was never an African American mayor before this.
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In 1990 ruby Bridges reunited with her teacher that first taught her. They were reunited after 35 years from when she taught ruby for the first time. This was important because it shows how they became friends even though one was black and the other one was white.
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This event is when Robert I. Johnson became the very first black billionaire in history. This is an important event because it shows how black people no longer have to be worried about making a lot of money. They don't have to be worried if they will not be able to make a lot of money.
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This shows how many rights African Americans have gotten since the 60's. This is shown because an African American became the president of the united states. He was the only African American that has become the president of the us.
