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Creation of the NAACP
The NAACP, emerged as a response to the 1908 Springfield race riot and the ongoing struggle for civil rights -
Scottsboro Boys
nine African American teenagers falsely accused of raping two white women in Alabama in 1931 -
Jackie Robinson Breaks the Color Barrier
Jackie Robinson, age 28, becomes the first African American player in the MLB -
Brown vs. Board of Educationv
a landmark 1954 Supreme Court case that outlawed racial segregation in public schools -
The Murder of Emmett Till
In August 1955 Emmett Till, a 14-year-old was killed for whistling at a woman -
montgomery bus boycott
Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger, sparking a 381-day boycott -
The Little Rock 9
nine African American students who, in 1957, became the first black students to integrate Little Rock Central High School -
Ruby Bridges desegregate elementary school in New Orleans
six year old Ruby Bridges became the first Black child to desegregate William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans -
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
written by Martin Luther King Jr. It says that people have a moral responsibility to break unjust laws and to take direct action -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, ending segregation -
Assassination of Malcolm X
US black nationalist leader Malcolm X was assassinated -
Creation of the Black Panthers
The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP) was founded in October 1966 in Oakland, California -
Thurgood Marshall Named Supreme Court Justice
Thurgood Marshall, a civil rights lawyer and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court -
Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King was shot dead while standing on a balcony outside his second-floor room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee -
election of barack obama
The Democratic ticket of Barack Obama won the presidential election