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NAACP was founded
a diverse group of people, whites, blacks and Jews founded the NAACP. Many founders were also part of the Niagra Movement. -
Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn dodgers
broke the color barrier when he became the first black athlete to play Major League Baseball in the 20th century. He joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947 and was named Rookie of the Year that year, -
brown vs. board of education
the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that American state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. -
Rosa parks refutes to give up her seat
By refusing to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus in 1955, black seamstress Rosa Parks (1913—2005) helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States. -
Desegregation of Central high in little rock
Governor Orval Faubus mobilized the Arkansas National Guard in an effort to prevent nine African American students from integrating the high school. -
congress passed the civil rights act of 1957
a federal voting rights bill, was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875 -
sit- in at Woolworth's lunch counter
four African American college students sat down at a lunch counter at Woolworth’s in Greensboro, North Carolina, and politely asked for service. Their request was refused. When asked to leave, they remained in their seats. -
CORE "freedom ride"
when seven blacks and six whites left Washington, D.C., on two public buses bound for the Deep South. -
Dr. king was thrown into Birmingham jail
Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested and sent to jail because he and others were protesting the treatment of blacks in Birmingham, Alabama. -
march on Washington
The purpose of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. -
congress passed the civil rights act of 1964
ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin -
voting rights act
aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote -
martin Luther king Jr. was killed
martin Luther king was a an American Baptist minister and activist who was shot and killed by James Earl Ray. -
bloody Sunday
when British soldiers shot 28 unarmed civilians during a protest march against internment
