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The civil rights of 1883 where a series of Supreme Court decisions that significantly weakened the civil rights act of 1875. -
Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark Supreme Court case that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the doctrine of “separate but equal” -
Brown versus Board of Education was a landmark Supreme Court case that declared racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional overturning the separate but equal doctrine established and Plus versus Ferguson. -
The murder of Emmett Till was a tragic event in which a 14-year-old African-American boy was killed in Mississippi after being accused of flirting with a white woman. -
Rosa Parks bus incident occurred when she was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on the segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama -
The Montgomery bus boy was a year long protest against racial segregation on public buses in Montgomery, Alabama -
A little rock nine or a group of nine African-American students who successfully integrated central high school in Little Rock, Kansas, after facing violent opposition with federal intervention, assuring their right to attend the school -
four black college students in greensoboro refused to leave a whites only lunch counter -
Over 1000 black school children, March through Birmingham, Alabama -
around 280,000 people move on Washington for jobs in freedom . “I have a dream speech“ -
act of preventing employment discrimination due to race colors, sex, religion, or nationality origin. -
set March’s walk from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery and protest of black voter suppression police block And attack. -
act to prevent the use of literacy tests as a voting requirement. -
MLK assassination on the balcony of his hotel room in Memphis TN -
fair housing act, providing equal housing opportunity, regardless of race, religion, or nationality. -
Henry Hong Erin hits his 715 home run breaking Babe Ruth‘s record became first black man that Had white fans in the south. -
Becomes the first black American to visit space as a part of the Challenger space shuttle crew. -
first holiday celebrated around MLK and his “I have a dream” speech. -
Expanded the reach of non-discrimination laws within private institutions receiving federal funds. -
Designed to counter recent Supreme Court decisions that made it more difficult for people to prove employment, discrimination, and strengthen the rights of those who experienced intentional discrimination. -
Four LA police officers -three white -beat Rodney King -black man- which lead to five days of riots in LA. -
750,000 black women respond to the million man March with a gathering of their own. -
Appointed first black Secretary of State by President Bush anonymous confrontation serving four years. -
Elected 44th president of becoming first black American to lead the nation. -
George Zimmerman shoots black high school student Traven Martin Zimmerman charged with the second-degree murder first time #BlackLivesMatter is used -
Kneels for national anthem pledges to donate $2 million to help stop police royalty in the oppression of people of color. -
Museum opens as newest Smithsonian institution museum along Washington DC‘s national Mall -
Three black Americans are killed resulting in global demonstration, supporting the Black Lives Matter movement. -
First female vice president in first black in south Asian American to hold the position.