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NAACP
The NAACP is formed -
Rosa Parks born
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Martin Luther King JR. Born
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First Afircan American Baseball Player
Jackie Robinson becomes first African American to play Major Leauge Baseball -
African American boy beaten to death.
White lynched, beatewn and shot an african American 14 year old, for saying "bye, baby" to a white woman in Mississippi -
Rosa Parks sits on bus
Rosa Parks refuses to move from her seat on the bue, when a white man told her too. -
Boycott ends
The Montgomery bus boycott comes to a close -
Kelly Ingran Park
African-Americans are brutally beat, sicked by police dogs, and sprayed with fire hoses. -
First Black student
James Merideth begins schooling at University of Mississippi. Violence and Riots cause JFK to send 5000 troops -
JFK has a sit-down
President Kennedy meets with other civil rights leaders to call off the march to washington. -
March to Washington
The march to Washington kicks off with over a quarter million people participating, Martin Luther King delivers his "I have a dream" speach. -
Civil Rights are given to all african-americans
The civil rights bill is passed. -
Race Riot in Newark
African Americans begin rioting against whites in Newark -
Martin Luther is killed
Martin Luther King JR is shot dead at his hotel -
Rosa Parks dies
Rosa Parks dies in Detroit Michigan.
