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Creation of the NAACP
The NAACP was created -
Scottsboro Boys
These boys where acussed of raping two white wemon. -
Jackie Robinson Breaks the Color Barrier
He plays on a white baseball team -
Brown vs. Board of Education
It made it so that black people could attend white schools -
The Murder of Emmitt Till
Emmett Till was killed -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
It was because Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus. -
The Little Rock 9
The 9 high schoolers who were there first kids to go to a white school. -
Ruby Bridges desegregate elementary school in New Orleans
First African American to attend an all white school. -
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
The letter from the king when he was in jail. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex -
Assassination of Malcolm X
He was assassinated -
Creation of the Black Panthers
The Black Panthers were created -
Thurgood Marshall Named Supreme Court Justice
The first ever black person to become a court Justice -
Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
He was assassinated -
Election of Barack Obama
He was elected as the first black president.