Civil Rights

NAACP Founded

Feb 12, 1902

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones

UNIA Founded

Jul 15, 1913

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones

The Harlem Renaissance

1918

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones

African Americans serve in WWII

1941

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones

Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American athlete to play in a major league

Apr 15, 1947

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones

Brown v. Board of Education

May 17, 1951

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones

Montgomery Bus Boycotts

1955

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones

Emmett Till is murdered

Aug 28, 1955

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones

Selma March

Mar 7, 1957

https://www.britannica.com/list/timeline-of-the-american-civil-rights-movement

March on Washington

Aug 28, 1963

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-milestones

First Black American Ambassador in the United Nation

1977

https://www.voteprotection.org/50-years-of-black-history/#:~:text=1977%3A%20Andrew%20Young%20is%20America's,American%20to%20hold%20the%20position

George Floyd is Murdered

May 25, 2020

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-timeline-post-civil-rights