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Dominick's African American Revolution

By lbrady3

  • Chicago Race Riot

    Chicago Race Riot
    On July 27, 1919, an African-American teenager drowned in Lake Michigan after violating the unofficial segregation of Chicago’s beaches and being stoned by a group of white youths.

  • Brown Vs Bored Of Education

    Brown Vs Bored Of Education
    On May 17, 1954 the United States Supreme Court handed down its ruling in the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.

  • Ruby Bridges

    Ruby Bridges
    Ruby Bridges was one of the first African America to attend a white school.

  • March On Washington

    March On Washington
    200,000 people (black and white) marched to Washington to pressure the government to give African-Americans rights. This is also the place and time where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" speech.