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The New Negro Movement
Promoted a renewed sense of racial pride -
First Black General in US Army
Benjamin O. Davis Sr. became the first black general in the US Army, and when he died, he was buried in Arlington National Cemetery -
Executive Order to End Segregation
President Harry Truman issued an Executive Order to end segregation in the Armed Services -
IAM US Defense Corporation Bargains
An IAM bargaining committee, with 4 out of 7 men being black, had negotiated notable lucrative contracts for the members that included a pay raise, paid vacation, seniority protection, and generous overtime pay. -
Brown v. Board of Education Declares Segregation Unconstitutional
State segregation of public schools -
Emmett TIll
14-year-old Emmett Till gets brutally murdered in Mississippi for allegedly “flirting” with a white woman -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to sit in the back of the bus. -
Greensboro Four Sit-Ins
Black students sat at a “white only” lunch counter, afterwards many lunch counters were desegregated -
MLK Jr. Speech
MLK stood up for black people's rights and talked about his speech -
President Lyndon Johnson came to the Capitol to sign the Voting Rights Act
Allowed people the right to vote no matter race, class, or economic position -
Shirley Chisholm
Shirley Chisholm was the first African woman to make a serious bid for the US presidency. She is a member of the House of Representatives. She is also from New York. -
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The first National Black Political Convention takes place
Takes place in Gary, Indiana, and over 10,000 Black people attend to discuss and advocate for black communities that undergo significant economic and social crises. -
Civil Rights Act Signed into Law
Title IX of the Civil Rights Act was signed into law on June 23, 1972 by President Richard M. Nixon. -
First Black Ambassador for the United Nations
Andrew Young is the first black ambassador for the United Nations -
First Black American Visits Space
A former U.S. Air Force Fighter pilot becomes the first Black American to visit space. Apart from Challenger’s space shuttle crew, Guion “Guy” Bluford Jr. becomes the first Black American to visit space. -
First Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday Observed
Observed on his birthday 18 years after he was assassinated due to persistent lobbying (for 15 years) -
Million Man March
Hundreds of thousands of black men demonstrated in Washington DC about black stereotypes -
Barack Obama Becomes President
Obama is the first black man to become US president. -
BLM Movement Founded
Formed in response of the murder of the unarmed 17-year-old, Trayvon Martin -
George Floyd Protests
The protests and BLM Movement revival were sparked from the unjust murder of Geroge Floyd