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Key
⯁ Acts of violence
⯀ Court cases
⯅ protest
⬬ Individual achievements
⯍ Government bill -
⯀ Brown V Board
court case that over turned the idea of ´separate but equal´ -
⯁Emmett till´s murder
Emmett till was a 14 year old boy murdered by a lynch mob. -
⯅Montgomery bus boycott
protest where black individuals refused to ride public Montgomery buses -
⯀Cooper V Aaron
court case that declared state legislation could not undermined Brown V Board -
⬬Ruby bridges attends william frantz elementry school
ruby bridges was the first black child to go to an all white public school -
⯁16th street baptist church bombing
a chapter of the KKK set up a dynamite bomb at a predominantly black church killing 4 children -
⯁assassination of Malcolm X
Malcolm x was shot multiple times while speaking at the Audubon ballroom -
⯅Selma to Montgomery marches
peaceful protest held by Martin Luther King Junior from Selma to Montgomery -
Fair housing act
⯍Bill passed that banned discrimination when it comes to housing based on race, nationality, sex, and religion -
⬬Thomas bradley elected mayor
Thomas Bradley is the first black man elected as mayor of Las Angeles. -
⬬Hank Aaron's home run record
Hank Aaron beats babe ruth´s record of home runs -
⬬Andrew Young made ammbassador
Andrew young was the first black ambassador to the united nations -
⯀Regents of the university of California V Bakke
court case that declared racial quotas as a violation of the 14th amendment