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Race riots and lynchings claim hundreds of lives
In the summer of 1919, over 25 race riots occurred. 38 were killed in Chicago. Blacks and some veterans were lynched in the south. http://faculty.polytechnic.org/gfeldmeth/chart.civrights.html -
Japanese- Americans sent to concentration camps
Concerned about disloyalty, President Franklin Roosevelt sends Japanese Americans to concentration camps. http://faculty.polytechnic.org/gfeldmeth/chart.civrights.html -
Jackie Robinson joins Brooklyn Dodgers
Pasadena resident and UCLA alum Robinson breaks the color barrier in a sport that had been segregated or nearly 50 years by being the first black to play major league baseball. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jackie-robinson-breaks-color-barrier -
Armed Forces Integrated
President Truman uses the executive order to integrate armed forces. http://faculty.polytechnic.org/gfeldmeth/chart.civrights.html -
Brown vs. Board of Education
The court declared separate schools for blacks, and whites unconstitutional.
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks starts a 381 day bus boycott organized by Martian Luther King Jr. She was put in jail because of it. http://faculty.polytechnic.org/gfeldmeth/chart.civrights.html -
14 year old murdered
On August 28, a 14-year-old African-American boy, Emmett Till, from Chicago, was kidnapped, beaten and shot in the head because he allegedly whistled at a white woman in a store. -
The SCLC was made
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference was formed in 1957 just after the Montgomery Bus Boycott had ended. The Conference’s main aim was to advance the cause of civil rights in America but in a non-violent manner. https://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/ -
First Freedom Ride
Freedom Riders were groups of white and African American civil rights activists who participated in Freedom Rides, bus trips through the South to protest segregated bus terminals. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/freedom-rides -
March on Washington
It was the largest gathering for civil rights of its time. An estimated 250,000 people attended the March on Washington for jobs and freedom on August 28, 1963, coming from all over the country. https://www.nps.gov/articles/march-on-washington.htm -
24th Amendment passed
The poll tax that kept blacks from voting was outlawed. And more blacks turn away from white supremacy, and begin to vote. http://faculty.polytechnic.org/gfeldmeth/chart.civrights.html -
Watts Riots
In first of more than 100 riots, Los Angles black suburb erupts in riots, burning, and looting. 34 people were killed http://faculty.polytechnic.org/gfeldmeth/chart.civrights.html -
Voting Rights Act approved
After it was approved, Southern black voter registration grows by over 50% and black officials are elected to various positions. In Mississippi, black voter registration grew from 7% to 67%. http://faculty.polytechnic.org/gfeldmeth/chart.civrights.html -
King Assassinated
While supporting sanitation workers strike in Memphis, King is shot by James Earl Ray. Riots result in 125 cities. ( http://faculty.polytechnic.org/gfeldmeth/chart.civrights.html ) -
Civil Rights Act signed
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968 on April 11. This act prohibits discrimination by renters or sellers of property. http://faculty.polytechnic.org/gfeldmeth/chart.civrights.html
