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creation of the NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the earliest and most influential civil rights organization in the United States, they focused on legal strategies designed to confront the critical civil rights issues -
scottsboro boys
nine black teen boys who were accused of raping to young ladys on a train, charged with rape charges for a crime that never actually occured. -
jackie robinson breaks the color barrier
jackie is the first african american baseball player to compete for the brooklyn dodgers and broke the color barrier that has been segregated for more than 50 years. -
brown vs. board of education
United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional -
the murder of Emmitt Till
black teenager who went to stay with a family member for a few weeks, he whistled at a white women, the white men got angery kiddnapped Emmitt Till in the middle of the night at the house he was staying at, tortured him and eventually shot and killed him, sunk his body with a fan and rocks to the bottom of the river. the two men respondable were never convicted for the murder crime. -
the little rock 9
a group of nine black childern who were inrolled in the white public school in their home town, the gov. would not allow them to enter the school because the childern was black. -
ruby bridges desegregated elementary school
first black child to enter the southern white school, she had to be escorted by her mother and U.S marshalls due to all the violent people trying to attack her. -
letter from birmingham jail
a letter martin luther king jr wrote while he was in jail, it helped in the civil rights movement. in the letter he writes his point of view of the world. -
civil rights act of 1964
ends segration in public places and also banned employment discrimination based on religion,gender,race,national orgin. -
assassination of malcolm x
a week after his home was fire bombed he was shot by a nation of islam members while delivering his speech. -
creation of the black panthers
Black political group, oringally known for self-defense, originated in Oakland, California, by founders Huey Newton and Bobby Seale. -
thurgood marshall named supreme court justice
first African-American Supreme Court justice, remain on the Supreme Court for 24 years, he left a legacy of upholding the rights of the individual as guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. -
assassination of martin luther king
he was standing on the 2nd floor balcony of the lorraine motel about 6pm when he was shot by a sniper, the bullet hit him in the neck an hour later he died at age 39. -
election of barak obama
elected president of the United States over Senator John McCain of Arizona, Obama became the 44th president, and the first African American to be elected to that office. currently serving his 2nd term. -
montgomery boycott
back then a black person was only allowed to sit in the front of the bus on one condition if a white person wanted their seat they had to get up. Rosa parks had worked long hours her feet where hurting and there was no seats in the back of the bus so she took a seat up front and a white man wanted her seat she refused to give it up because she had worked all day she felt like she deserved it more and she was arrested so the blacks started to car pool instead of using the bus as transportation.
