Civil rights movement

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    First black baseball player in the major leagues

    He played for Toledo Blue and the American Association.Also he played from May 1 and Sep 4, 1884.

  • Formation of core

    Formation of Core brought equality no matter the race, creed, sex, age, and disability.Core means African-American civil rights organization.

  • Executive order 9981

    The executive order signed by president Truman was for the purpose of abolishing discrimination.The executive order also led to then end of segregation during Korean War in 1950 to 1953.

  • Desegregation of the armed forces

    The Desegregation of armed forces helped form a committee against Jim Crow Laws.It also renewed efforts to end discrimination in Military.
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    Brown v. Board of education ruling

    It helped State Laws to declare esperare schools because of their race.It started in May 17 of 1954 and helped end segregation in the schools.
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    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    A political and social protest to address the injustices of segregation in public transportation.Some key persons in this was Rosa Parks who stood up for herself in the bus.

  • Integration of Central High

    An attempt from the governor in Arkansas to prevent 9 people different in race from attending or passing into high school
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    The air of The Hate that Hate produced

    A television documentary about black nationalism in America and it also focuses on the United African Nationalist movement.

  • First lunch counter sit-in

    African American students staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina,
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    Freedom Rides

    They were activists in public interstate buses and drive into the segregated parts of the United States in 1961 to challenge non enforcement.
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    Birmingham Campaign

    A movement organized in the 1963s by SCLC to bring attention of the needs and the integration efforts of the African American race.

  • March on Washington

    a massive protest march that occurred in August 1963, when some 250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

  • Civil rights act of 1964

    landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    A landmark that legislated against the discrimination in the voice of African American people. It allowed for African American people the right to vote.
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    Watts Riot

    took place in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles from August 11 to 16, 1965.Marquette Frye was on Parole when he was pulled over for robbery.

  • Black Panther Party Foundation

    Organization founded by Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in the attempt to be able to use self defense if you were African American.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    It was an act that allowed African American people to buy, finance, and sell properties depending on your race, sex, and religion.It gave them a chance to own and buy.

  • Congressional Black Caucus Formation

    The congressional Black Caucus made up the African American part of the congress.It helped African Americans get more power by being in the Congress.

  • Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

    A desicion to allow and figure out busing for the different races who did go to school.It was done so they could say it was racially equal.

  • Regents of the University of California v. Bakke Roots aired

    A landmark decision by the Supreme Court to allow any race in college admission policy.Even though the court had some racial quotas.