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Creation of the NAACP
Civil right organazation formed in 1909 -
Scottsboro Boys
9 african american teenagers accused of raping 2 white women. -
Jackie Robinson Breaks the Color Barrier
first black person to make MLB for the Brooklyn Dodgers -
Brown V Board of education
supreme court made separate but equal -
The murder of emmit till
14 year old black teenager beat and drown in a river in Mississippi. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa parks didnt want to give her seat up to a white male -
Little rock 9
9 black americans enrolled in little rock central high -
Ruby Bridges
first black child to desegregate a elementary school -
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
mlk junior wrote an letter saying people have a moral responsibility to break un just laws -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
landmarks discrimination on race, religion and sex -
Assassination of Malcolm X
civil rights leader malcom x is assassinated -
Creation of the Black Panthers
african american group dressed in black hats and suits did armed citizen patrols -
Thurgood Marshall Named Supreme Court Justice
first black supreme court justice -
Assassination of MLK
MLK got murdered in memphis TN by james earl ray -
Election of Barack Obama
first black president ever