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Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln issued an executive order freeing enslaved people in the U.S.
Quote:
If my name ever goes into history, it’ll be for this act, and my whole soul is in it” (Abraham Lincoln). -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
In the 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws under the doctrine of "separate but equal," establishing a legal framework for segregation in the United States for nearly 60 years. -
Founding of the NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded to fight for civil rights and end racial discrimination. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
The Supreme Court declared that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. -
Little Rock Nine Integration
Nine black students integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, under federal troop protection. -
The Murder of Emmett Till
14-year-old Emmett Till was brutally murdered in Mississippi for allegedly whistling at a white woman, galvanizing national outrage and activism.
Quote:
“Let the people see what they did to my boy” (Mamie Till-Mobley). -
Montgomery bus boycott
This boycott was created in light of the Rosa Parks arrest, which challenged bus segregation in Montgomery, Alabama. -
Sit in at Woolworths in Greensboro
Four Black college students staged a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter, sparking a wave of nonviolent protests. -
Freedom rides
Integrated groups rode buses into the segregated South to challenge non-enforcement of Supreme Court rulings. -
Selma to Montgomery Marches
Peaceful protesters marched from Selma to Montgomery demanding voting rights; faced brutal police violence, spurred reform. -
The 26th Amendment to the Constitution is ratified.
lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 -
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
Upheld busing as a tool to achieve school desegregation. -
Title IX of the Education Amendments
Prohibited sex discrimination in any federally funded education program or activity. -
Proposition 13 Passed
California voters approve Proposition 13, limiting property tax rates -
Rodny King, an African American, beat up in city of LA
Four LAPD officers brutally beat Rodney King, a Black motorist, which was caught on video and led to national outrage. Further lead to riots and a divide in the country -
Fall of the soviet union
Soviet Union broke up -
Million Man March
Hundreds of thousands of Black men gathered in Washington, D.C. in attempt to raise awareness of segregation and creat change. -
9/11Terrorist Attack
Terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon led to a global war on terror, the creation of the Department of Homeland Security -
Election of Barack Obama
Barack Obama became the first African American president of the United States, symbolized the upcoming of racial and political history -
George Floyd Murder
The George Floyd Murder by Police in Minneapolis led to global protests followed by riots led by the Black Lives Matter movement.