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Hattie McDaniel, first African American to win an acadamy award
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Tuskegee Airmen
US forms an African American air combat unit -
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson played his first game as a dodger. The first black proffessional baseball player. -
Sipuel v. Board of Regents of University of Oklahoma
Supreme Court rules that State of Oklahoma and the University of Oklahoma could not deny admission based on race. -
Executive Order 9981
President Harry S. Truman issued Executive order 9981 which ended segregation in the Armed Forces. -
Atlanta hires first black police officers
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Henderson v. United States
Supreme Court banned the segregation of railroad dining cars. -
Supreme Court stops segregation of restauraunts in DC
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Sarah Keyes v. Carolina Coach Company
First black to challenge seperate but equal in bus segregation -
Brown v. Board of Education
Landmark Supreme Court case that declared segrigation of schools unconstitutional. -
Executive Order 10590
President Eigenhower signs the order which enforces a nondiscrimination policy in federal employment. -
Interstate Commerce Commission
Bans bus segregation in interstate travel. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Protested the segregation of public transport. Led to Browder v. Gayle, which declared the segregation unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man and is arrested and put in jail. -
Tallahasse Bus Boycot begins
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Little Rock Nine
9 black students in Little Rock Arkansas were prevented from entereing the school by the Arkansas National Guard. -
Freedom Riders
This date is the start of teir voyage. The freedom riders were a group of civil rights activists that rode the busses into the segregated south to promote desegregation. -
'I Have A Dream Speach'
MLK's big speach in front of the Lincoln Memorial at the March on Washington. -
24th Ammendment
Banned poll taxes.