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Conflicting the idea that racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional or not. “Separate but equal”
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a public transit bus. Her arrest then led to a city-wide bus boycott.
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The first day 9 African American students attended a school day at the Little Rock Central High School (which had previously been an all-white school)
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Four African-American students from the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina began their sit-in movement by sitting at an all-white lunch counter. After being refused service they were asked to leave, however, the students sat until closing and returned the next day with 20+ African American occupants https://www.britannica.com/list/timeline-of-the-american-civil-rights-movement -
Six-year-old Ruby Bridges attends an all-white school after being escorted to school every day through mobs of angry people. She has to learn one one-on-one with her teacher in an empty classroom https://www.britannica.com/list/timeline-of-the-american-civil-rights-movement
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A group of 7 african americans and 6 white people board buses of the opposite color. They were beaten and burnt, by the time they couldn't proceed, they were replaced with the next ten. https://www.britannica.com/list/timeline-of-the-american-civil-rights-movement
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Marched in city hall, got a lot of backlash from the violence
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250K joined to peacefully protest employment discrimination, where I Have a Dream was made
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President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act
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While King was staying at a hotel in Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, he was sniped standing on the second floor balcony
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Supreme Court made a decision in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education for the use of busing to desegregate public schools, promoting greater educational opportunities for African American students. https://www.britannica.com/event/Swann-v-Charlotte-Mecklenburg-Board-of-Education
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Col. Guion “Guy” Bluford, Jr. becomes the first Black American to visit space as part of the Challenger Space Shuttle crew
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Jesse Jackson becomes the first African American to run for President as a major party candidate and brings issues of racial equality to national politics.
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Statue built in his name in the Rotunda and four days later the first celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day was observed
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Statue built in his name in the Rotunda and four days later the first celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day was observed https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-timeline-post-civil-rights
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L. Douglas Wilder became the first African American elected governor in the United States, serving as Governor of Virginia. https://www.lva.virginia.gov/exhibits/political/douglas_wilder.htm
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Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois became the first African American woman elected to the United States Senate. https://interactive.wttw.com/dusable-to-obama/carol-moseley-braun
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Colin Powell became first secretary of State elected and work under President George Bush https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-timeline-post-civil-rights
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Obama becoming first African American President in the US https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-timeline-post-civil-rights
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Black highschooler shot by police officer and police officer was found not guilty. #BLM (Black Lives Matter) was first used https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-timeline-post-civil-rights
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National Museum of African American History and Culture opened https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-timeline-post-civil-rights