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the first slave
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American History
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declares that racial segregation in schools is unconstitutional (May 17)
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Rosa Parks in the buss
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James Meredith becomes the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi (Oct. 1). President Kennedy sends 5,000 federal troops after rioting breaks out.
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Martin Luther King's speech
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KKK was established
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Black panthers was founded
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Guion Bluford Jr. was the first African-American in space. He took off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the space shuttle Challenger on August 30.
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Colin Powell becomes the first African American U.S. Secretary of State
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Condoleezza Rice becomes the first black female U.S. Secretary of State.
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Barack Obama Democrat from Chicago, becomes the first African American to be nominated as a major party nominee for president.