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Nat Turner Rebellion
Slaves were standing up for themselves. -
Dred Scott Decision
Trying to get blacks and whites in same public schools. -
Emancipation Proclamtion
Abraham Lincoln gave this speech to try to tell of how slaves should be free and equal. -
Tuskegee Institute Opens
This was important becuase they held studies specifically on black people. This institute would give them nasty diseases they would later die from. -
Norris vs. Alabama
He along with all the other boys should never have been convicted of a crime they never committed. -
Jackie Robinson Breaks Color Barrier
He was the first African American to ever play in Major League Baseball. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
This was important becuase they were trying not to have schools be segregated any longer. They fought for blacks and whites to both be in same public schools. -
Murder of Emmett Till
This was important becuase it mobilized the civil rights movement even more! This was not right at all and he was so young. This is a truly heartbreaking story. -
Rosa Parks Sits on the Bus
She took a big risk for herself! She helped other black people to stand up for themselves also. -
Little Rock 9
Created to promote the ideas of justice and the equality of opportunity for all. -
Letter From a Birmingham Jail
This letter was read worlwide and became very famous! Also he shouldn't have been locked up for speeching what he knew was right and what had to be done. -
March on Washington/"I Have a Dream Speech"
Very important becuase he was a great leader of the time and he wanted blacks ans whites to be equal. -
Civil Rights Act
Ended segregation! -
Assassination of Malcolm X
He besides MLK was an important leader back in his time. -
Election of Barack Obama
Very important becuase he is the first black president of the U.S. This is obviously something no one will ever forget about.
