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Brown vs Board Education
Conflicting the idea that racial segregation in schools was unconstitutional or not. “Separate but equal”
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Rosa Parks and Montgomery bus boycotts
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a public transit bus. Her arrest then led to a city-wide bus boycott.
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The Little Rock Nine and the Little Rock Nine School Integration
The first day 9 African American students attended a school day at the Little Rock Central High School (which had previously been an all-white school)
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The Greensboro four and the sit in movement
Four African-American students from the Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina began their sit-in movement by sitting at an all-white lunch counter. After being refused service they were asked to leave, however, the students sat until closing and returned the next day with 20+ African American occupants https://www.britannica.com/list/timeline-of-the-american-civil-rights-movement -
Ruby bridges and the New Orleans school integration
Six-year-old Ruby Bridges attends an all-white school after being escorted to school every day through mobs of angry people. She has to learn one one-on-one with her teacher in an empty classroom https://www.britannica.com/list/timeline-of-the-american-civil-rights-movement -
Freedom Rides
A group of 7 african americans and 6 white people board buses of the opposite color. They were beaten and burnt, by the time they couldn't proceed, they were replaced with the next ten. https://www.britannica.com/list/timeline-of-the-american-civil-rights-movement -
Martin Luther King and the SCLC launched a campaign in Birmingham Alabama
Marched in city hall, got a lot of backlash from the violence
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March on Washington
250K joined to peacefully protest employment discrimination, where I Have a Dream was made
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Civil Rights Act gets signed
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act
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Martin Luther King gets assassinated
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Swann vs Charlotte-Mechlenburg Board of Education
Supreme Court made a decision in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education for the use of busing to desegregate public schools, promoting greater educational opportunities for African American students. https://www.britannica.com/event/Swann-v-Charlotte-Mecklenburg-Board-of-Education -
First Black American to visit space
Col. Guion “Guy” Bluford, Jr. becomes the first Black American to visit space as part of the Challenger Space Shuttle crew -
First Black American to run for President
Jesse Jackson becomes the first African American to run for President as a major party candidate and brings issues of racial equality to national politics. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Day first Celebrated
Statue built in his name in the Rotunda and four days later the first celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day was observed -
Martin Luther King Jr. Day first Celebrated
Statue built in his name in the Rotunda and four days later the first celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day was observed https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-timeline-post-civil-rights -
First Black American to be elected as governor
L. Douglas Wilder became the first African American elected governor in the United States, serving as Governor of Virginia. https://www.lva.virginia.gov/exhibits/political/douglas_wilder.htm -
First Black American to be elected to senate
Carol Moseley Braun of Illinois became the first African American woman elected to the United States Senate. https://interactive.wttw.com/dusable-to-obama/carol-moseley-braun -
First black Secretary of State
Colin Powell became first secretary of State elected and work under President George Bush https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-timeline-post-civil-rights -
First Black President
Obama becoming first African American President in the US https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-timeline-post-civil-rights -
BLM start
Black highschooler shot by police officer and police officer was found not guilty. #BLM (Black Lives Matter) was first used https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-timeline-post-civil-rights -
African American Museum Constructed
National Museum of African American History and Culture opened https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/black-history-timeline-post-civil-rights