Civil rights

Creation of NAACP

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Created in response to the ongoing violence toward blacks around the country

Scottsboro Boys

1931

Nine black teenagers falsely accused of raping two white women abroad a train near Scottsboro, Alabama

Jackie Robinson Breaks the Color Barrier

Apr 15, 1947

First African American to play on a "white" baseball team

Brown vs. Board of Education

1954

Court case in which the justices rules unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional

The murder of Emmitt Till

Aug 28, 1955

Black man Murdered for whistling at a white woman

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Dec 5, 1955

Civil rights protest where African Americans refused to ride city buses to protest against segregated seating

The little rock 9

1957

Nine black students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School, They were then prevented to enter the segregated school

Ruby Bridges Desegregates elementary school in New Orleans

Nov 14, 1960

Ruby was escorted to school everyday by 4 federal marshals

Letter from a Birmingham Jail

1963

A letter that MLK addressed to his fellow clergyman while in jail after a nonviolent protest

Civil Rights Act of 1964

1964

Law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, notional origin.

Assassination of Malcom X

Feb 21, 1965

Leader in civil rights movement until his assassination in New York City

Creation of the Black Panther

1966

Organized to teach African American self defense

Thurgood Marshall Named Supreme Court Justice

Jun 6, 1967

First African American Supreme Court justice

Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr

Apr 4, 1968

Civil rights leader, assassinated on his hotels balcony

Election of Barack Obama

Nov 4, 2008

First Black US President