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The first African slaves arrive in Jamestown.
Rosa Parks was born -
The first book by a black woman is published.
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Slavery is abolished.
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Segregation is made legal.
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Jackie Robinson plays for the Dodgers.
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The Supreme Court rules on Brown vs. the Board of Education
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Rosa Parks is arrested.
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Martin Luther King gives his "I Have a Dream Speech."
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The Civil Rights Act is passed.