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Executive Order 8802
signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Jackie Robinson’s MLB Debut
American professional baseball player who became the first African American to play
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Little Rock Nine First Escorted to School
black students who enrolled at a all white Central High School
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Executive Order 9981
Truman signed this executive order establishing the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services
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Brown v. Board of Education Court Case is Decided
public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and it was unconstitutional
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Lynching of Emmett Till
he was a young African american who got lynched in Mississippi (14 years old)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till -
Bus Boycott in Montgomery Begins
13-month mass protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on public buses
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Creation of the SCLC
organization primarily comprised of southern African American church leaders
https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-sclc-the-civil-rights-movement-definition-history.html -
Greensboro sit-ins begin
nonviolent protest against a segregated lunch counter
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Freedom Riders are attacked in Anniston, Alabama
Freedom Riders were brutally attacked by violent
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Twenty-Fourth Amendment to the Constitution Ratified
Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax
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James Meredith Enrolls at Ole Miss
African American man, attempted to enroll at the all-white University of Mississippi
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University of Alabama is Integrated
Stand in the Schoolhouse Door took place at Foster Auditorium
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_in_the_Schoolhouse_Door -
“I Have A Dream” Speech is Delivered
speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream -
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
It was a act of white supremacist terrorism African American 16th Street Baptist Church
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing -
Signing of the Civil Rights Act
it was a act signed into a law president Lyndon Johnson
https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=97 -
March on Selma Begins
Martin Luther King led thousands of nonviolent march
https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/selma-montgomery-march -
Signing of the Voting Rights Act
act was signed into law outlawed the discriminatory voting https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=100 -
Loving v. Virginia Court Case is Decided
equal protection and due process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment
https://www.britannica.com/event/Loving-v-Virginia -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
civil rights leader was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
