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Creation of the NAACP
The NAACP was formed to gain overall equality for African Americans, and also to help remove racial prejudice -
Scottsboro Boys
The Scottsboro boys were falsely accused of rape by two white women. This lead to a series of trials just to prove their innocence. -
Jackie Robinson breaks Color Barriers
Jackie Robinson was the first African American baseball player and was the first to break the color barrier for baseball in 50 years. -
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Brown v Board of Education
Case when Brown stated that racially segregated schools are not constitutional, even if they are equal. -
Murder of Emmett Till
Emmett till was a 14-Year old African American boy from a racist attack. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
African Americans refused to ride the bus for over a year to boycott the racial segregation of the public transit system. -
Little Rock Nine
This is a group of 9 African American students enrolled in Little Rock High School, and the Little Rock Crisis was a protest that prevented the students from entering the school due to white students preventing them from entering. -
Ruby Bridges desegregate elementary school in New Orleans
Ruby Bridges was a African American child attending school and was walked to school everyday for a year by 4 Marshalls. -
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Written by MLK, it is an open letter book.Very important to the Civil Rights era, -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act prohibits the discrimination of Race, Sex, Color, National Origin, and later down the line covers Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation. -
Assassination of Malcom X
Vocal spokesman for Islam, received death threats multiple times, finally assassinated in New York. -
Creation of the Black Panthers
Political organization created to challenge police brutality against the African American committee. -
Thurgood Marshall named to the Supreme Court
Played a part as the first African American on the Supreme Court. Promoted racial equality. Argued 32 cases, and won 29 of them. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr
American Civil Rights speaker for African Americans. His assassination was due to the murderer being a racist and him having towards hatred towards MLK. -
Election of Barack Obama
First African American as president. Proved to African Americans that they could do anything anybody else did.