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Alpha Phi Alpha
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NAACP
Known as the founding of the NAACP. The first meeting was held and eventually the group was formed, -
Guinn v. U.S
In this court case, the court ruled that the grandfather clause was unconstitutional and ruled against it. -
Marcus Garvey
Garvey arrives in the U.S. The Great Migration starts and lasts until 1940, then the Second Migration begins. Majority of the African Americans moved North or to the West. -
Rosewood Massacre
This week long violence caused 6 black and 2 white mens lives because a white woman claimed she was beaten by a black man. -
KKK
Protest marches take place at Washington D.C, with thousands of KKK members -
Murray v. Pearson
Based on the freedoms of the 14th Amendment, blacks were given the opportunity to atten the University of Msryland School of Law. Thurgood Marshall and Charles Houston were major figures in this case. -
Library Sit-In
5 colored men sat in at a library and were arrested after they werent given library cards. They were trained by Samuel Tucker. -
Benjamin O. Davis, Sr.
He became the first African American general in the Army -
Separate But Not Equal
The separate but equal decision was found unconstitutional in the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. It was a great stepping stone to total equality. Thurgood Marshall was a major figure in the case. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was a member of the NAACP. She refused to sit in the back where all the colored people were suppose to sit. They arrested her for this rebellious act. Then other colored people started a boycott and buses were officially desegregated in December 21, 1956 -
Little Rock Nine
Nine colored students are stopped from going into an all white high school. President Eisenhower sends military force because of the students. They eventually were given the name "Little Rock Nine". -
Orangeburg Massacre
A tragic shooting by state troopers at a crowd of protesters against segregation. 3 people were killed and 28 injured. It was the first event of deaths on a campus. -
MLKJ Assassination
Martin Luther King was shot and killied in Memphis by James Earl Ray -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 was signed and caused many outrages due to the bans of discrimination on selling of houses. -
Robert F. Kennedy Assassination
He was shot and killed aftter he won the California presidential primaries. He agreed with the Civil Rights movement and wanted desegregation.
