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15th Amendment
The 15th amendment to end racial discrimination for voting is approved. -
NAACP
They founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
The Supreme Court ruled that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat, in the front of the colored section, to a white passenger. Her arrest launch bus boycotts. -
Little Rock 9
Nine black students are blocked from entering Central High School in an attempt to integrate. -
Sit-in
Four black college students sit-in at a Greensboro, North Carolina restaurant were they are not served. -
James Meredith
President John F. Kennedy sent troops to the University of Mississippi to escort James Meredith, the university's first black student. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the March of Washington D.C. -
Bombingham
A bombing at a church in Birmingham, Alabama leaves four young black girls dead. -
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall is the first black to be named to the Supreme Court.