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4th Amendment passed
Constitutional amendment bans any state from taking citizens of their rights and defines citizenship. -
Plessy v. Ferguson decision
Supreme Court said that separate but equal facilities for different races is legal. -
Booker T. Washington writes Up From Slavery
Arguing that gradual progress is the best path for blacks, Thinking job training, respect and help would bring opportunities -
Niagara Movements
W.E.B. DuBois demands racial equality and goes against all laws that treats blacks as different from others. -
Grandfather clause outlawed by Supreme Court
NAACP challenges state laws that restricted black voting. -
Race riots and lynchings claim hundreds of lives
Over 25 race riots occur in the summer of 1919 with 38 killed in Chicago. -
Executive Order 8802 bans race discrimination in hiring
FDR sets up Fair Employment Practices Commission sets non-discrimination policies in federal hiring -
Japanese-Americans sent to concentration camps
FDR allows 110,000 to be rounded up in western states -
Korematsu v. U.S
Supreme Court rules that concentration camps were a wartime necessity -
Jackie Robinson joins Brooklyn Dodgers
Pasadena resident and UCLA alum Robinson breaks the color barrier by being the first black to play major league baseball. -
Armed forces integrated
Pres. Truman issues executive order requiring integrated units in the armed forces -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision
Supreme Court stated that separate schools are by nature unequal. Schools are ordered to desegregate. -
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Montgomery bus boycott
Rosa Parks ignites 381-day bus boycott organized by Martin Luther King, Jr. -
Southern Manifesto urges resistance to desegregation efforts
Over 100 southern members of Congress sign document attacking the Supreme Court decision. -
Little Rock Central High School desegregated
After Little Rock school board votes to integrate schools, National Guard troops prevent black children from attending school.
