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First black baseball player in the major leagues
Moses Fleetwood Walker -
March on Washington
A march in Washington that advocated for civil and economic rights where Martin Luther King Junior gave his speech. -
Formation of CORE
African Civil Rights Assosiation -
Brown v. Board of Bducation ruling
Racial segregation in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
Segregation of public transport leading to Rosa Parks being arrested for not giving her seat up to a white
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Integration of Central High School
Central High school integrates colored students into its classes which becomes a pinnacle of the movement. -
The Hate That Hate Produced aired
A television documentary about Black Nationalism in America -
First lunch counter sit-in
Protested at a segregated lunch counter after they were denied service -
Freedom Rides
Used the whites services to help prove a point. -
Birmingham campaign
Brought attention to integration efforts -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Changed Voting rights for blacks and made it so that everyone could vote -
Board of Education Watts riot
Marquette Frye was arrested and led to six days of costly riots in California -
Black Panther Party founded
Largest Revolutionary African American Party. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Fair Housing Act. -
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Busing was an appropriate remedy for the problem of racial imbalance in schools -
Congressional Black Caucus formed
Promoted African American voting -
Roots aired
A saga on African American life -
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
Declared affirmative action constitutional but invalidated the use of racial quotas -
Executive Order 9981/ Desegregation of the armed forces
Ended segregation in the Korean war and from then on made it so that blacks could not be discriminated in the military.
