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Jackie Robinson
broke the color line in major leauge baseball when the Brooklyn Dodgers picked up Jackie Robinson. First black man to play MLB in the modern era. -
Brown VS. Board of Education
got equal educational oppurtunities for colored people. Over turned Plessy VS. Furguson -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Blacks refused to use the bus do to the arrest of Rosa Parks. Blacks were the main customers of the bus so the state lost a lot of money -
March on Washington
thousands of African Americans stood at the washington memorial protesting. Martin Luther King Jr gave his "I Have a Dream" spech -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Finally gave blacks equal rights and stopped segregation in America. A national benchmark for everyon descriminated by gender, race, religion, sex. -
Selma to Montgomery March
also known as "Bloody Sunday" 600 protesters were attacked by state police. Police used tear gas and billy clubs to fight them back. -
Black Panther Party
Strong group in the protection of black power. Said to protect black neightborhoods from police brutality. -
Assassination of MartinLuther King Jr.
was shot leaving his motel in Tennesse. Civil rights groups kinda of fell apart.
