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The creation of the NAACP was an American civil rights organization formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans -
The Scottsboro Boys refers to nine African American teenagers falsely accused of raping two white women. -
Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier because he became the first African American to play in the MLB. -
Brown v. Board of Education was a Supreme Court case in 1954 that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. -
14-year-old Emmett Till was brutally murdered in Mississippi after allegedly whistling at a white woman. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a 13-month protest against racial segregation on public transportation in Montgomery, Alabama. -
The Little Rock 9 were 9 African American students who bravely integrated Central High School in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957. -
Ruby Bridges was the first six-year-old African American student to integrate into William Frantz Elementary School. -
The Letter from Birmingham Jail explains why MLK believed people were responsible for following just laws and breaking unjust ones. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, and sex. It aimed to end segregation in public places -
Malcolm X, a civil rights leader, was assassinated while giving a speech at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, New York City, by three members of the Nation of Islam. -
The creation of the black panthers was members who confronted politicians, challenged the police, and protected black citizens from brutality -
On August 30, 1967, the Senate confirmed Thurgood Marshall as the first Black person to serve as a Supreme Court Justice -
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was shot by James Earl Ray. -
Barack Obama was elected on November 4, 2008. He helped America in numerous ways.