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Creation of the NAACP
"National Association for the Advancement of Colored People" One of the earliest and most influential civil rights organization in the United States -
Scottsboro Boys
Nine young black men, falsely accused of raping two white women on board a train near Scottsboro, Alabama -
Jackie Robinson Breaks the Color Barrier
Robinson joined major league baseball and the Dodgers team, becoming the first African American in the major leagues -
The Murder of Emmitt Till
Fourteen year old kidnapped and murdered in Mississippi, creating national attention and beginning civil rights movement -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The boycott of public buses by blacks in Montgomery began on the day of Rosa Parks' court hearing and lasted 381 days -
The Little Rock 9
Goup of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School to integrate high school -
Ruby Bridges desegregate elementary school
Six year old that became the first black student to attend an all white school -
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Letter defending non violent protesting methods written by Martin Luther King Jr. while he was in jail -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Act that ended segregation in public places changing the previous rule of "separate but equal" -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcom X was shot while preparing to deliver a speech about his new organization (Organization of Afro-American Unity). Afterwards influenced the creation of the Black Panthers. -
Creation of the Black Panthers!!
Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther Party following Malcom X's assasination -
Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
King was shot a as he stood on the balcony outside his room at his hotel in Memphis, TN after giving a speech earlier that night. -
Election of Barak Obama
The 44th president of the United States and the first black president -
Thurgood Marshall Named Supreme Court Justice
First black assosciate justice of Supreme Court
