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black muslims
Malcolm X becomes a minster of the nation of islam.Him and Elijah Muhammad became black muslims. -
Civil right
On June 19, Baton Rouge, Louisiana African Americans begin a boycott of their city's segregated municipal bus line. Huge part of civil rights -
brown vs board
were the first to declare that racial segregation in school is unconstitutional. -
vietnam
WAr between the United states and Vietnam.we won -
Unita blackwell
Unita Blackwell becomes the first black woman mayor in the history of Mississippi in the city of Mayersville. afte all her denies -
Rosa Parks
A women who refused to give up her seat to a white passanger.s she then got arrested and jailed and made history -
joseph mccarthy
McCarthyism is the practice of making accusations of subversion or treason without proper regard for evidence. It also means "the practice of making unfair allegations or using unfair investigative techniques, especially in order to restrict dissent or political criticism."[ -
buses
Due to all the segregation and Rosa parks Montgomery's buses are desegrated . -
Althea gibson
First african americantennis palyer to win both both the womens single's and doubles's championship at wimbledon -
''We can vote".
congress passes the Civil Rights Act of 1957, the first legislation protecting black rights since Reconstruction. The act establishes the Civil Rights section of the Justice Department and empowers federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote. -
interation began
Nine black students mixed in with white students at Central High School in Little Rock, AR. President Eisenhower had to send the tpilice to protect them. -
freedom riders
student volunteer begin taking bus trips through the south to test laws. they got attacked by angry mobs on the way. -
James meredith
First black man to enroll at the university of missippi -
martin luther king jr
~Martin luther king jr areested and jailed during anti-segregation.
~martin luther king jr delivered his famous "I Have A Dream'' speech. -
sidney poiltier
He is the first black actor to win an oscar award. -
JFK
ohn Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while traveling through Dallas, Texas, in an open-top convertible. headshot and dead -
Knock out
Muhammed Ali beats Sonny Liston to win the championship.He became the boxing heavyweight champion. -
Malcom X
The black nationalist and founder of the Organization of Afro-American.the day he is assasinated -
'Black power'
The Black Panthers are made up by Huey Newton and Bobby Seal a violent african american group that is against racisim. -
End of forbiding irracial marriage
people of different races could not get married and live where they wanted to live.The Supreme Court decides that it is wrong to forbid people of different races to marry each other. -
First black juge
President Johnson asssigned Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court. He becomes the first black Supreme Court Justice. -
mlk
Martin Luther King, Jr. was an Afriaan American and civil rights leader who was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on Thursday, April 4, 1968. King was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead at 7:05 pm that evening. -
Willis reed
first african american basketball payer to win the nba all star mvp, the nba final mvp and the nba mvp all in the same season. -
Fat albert
Fat albert and the cosby kids is the first cartoon to air on television with all black cast. -
miss america
Kimberly Aiken became fifth African American Miss America.At aage 18 -
MJ ''King of pop"
Michael Jackson's album, Thriller, is released. It will eventually sell 45 million copies worldwide, becoming the best selling album in music history. -
Martin Luther king,Jr day
The state legislature of Louisiana repealed the last racial classification law in the United States. The criterion for being classified as black was having 1/32nd Negro blood. November 2. President Ronald Reagan signed the bill establishing a federal holiday in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. -
Guion Bluford Jr
the first African-American in space. He took off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the space shuttle, -
Dr.Benjamin Carson
Neurosurgeon Dr. Benjamin Carson makes medical history when he leads a seventy-member surgical team at Johns Hopkins Hospital in a 22 hour operation separating Siamese twins. -
Marcelite
Marcelite Jordan Harris is the first black woman brigadier general in the U.S. Army and the first woman to command a mostly male battalion. -
L douglas widlwer
first elected black governor.He served as governor from 1990 to 1994. -
Sharon Pratt Dixon Kelly
becomes the first african american mayor of Washington D.C.
She served as mayor from 1991 to 1995. -
clarence
Clarence Thomas is nominated by President George Bush to the Supreme Court. the second African American to serve in a court.
