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Plessy V. Ferguson
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NAACP founded
NAACP- stands for national association for the advancement of coloed people. an african-american civil rights organization in the u.s. the NAACP ensare the political,educational,social,and economic equalty of rights of all people and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination. -
FDR bans discrimination in defense industries
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CORE founded
means the congress of racial equality. as the committee of racial equality by interracial group of students. core started as a nonierarchical,decentralzed organization funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of its members. -
An American Dilemma published
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Jackie Robinson breaks MLB color barrier
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Truman desegregates the military
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Brown V. Board of Educatioin
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Emmett Till murdered
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Rosa Parks Arrested
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SCLC founded
the southen christian leardership conference is a african-american civil rights organization. SCLC was closely associated with its frist president, Dr.Martin Luther king jr the SCLC had a large role in the american civil-rights movement. -
Little Rock 9 integrate Central High School
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SNCC founded
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee is one of the orginizations of the American Civil Rights Movement -
Sit-ins start in Greensboro, NC
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Freedom Riders
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James Meredith integrates Ole Miss
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Medgar Evers assassinated
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March on Washington
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16th Street Baptist Church bombed
An act of racially motivated terrorism. The explosion at the African AMerican church which killed four girls, which marked a turning point in the U.S. Civil Rights movement. -
JFK assassinated
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Letter from Birmingham Jail
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24th Amendment ratified
The Government controls who can vote but the state can not. -
Freedom Summer murders
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Malcolm X assassinated
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"Bloody Sunday" in Selma Alabama
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Voting Rights act of 1965
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Black Panther Party founded
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Dr. King Assassinated
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RFK assassinated
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Tommie Smith & John Carlos protest at summer olympics
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Byron de la Beckwith convicted of Medgar Evers murder
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Edgar Ray Killen convicted of Freedom Summer murders
Killen was a ex-KKK member who brutally killed James Chaney, Andrew Goodwin, and Michael Schwerner. But he was sentenced to 20 years in prison for three accounts of manslaughter.
