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NAACP was founded
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is the oldest and largest civil rights organization in the US to help sustain rights for African Americans -
Jackie Robinson joined the Brooklyn Dodgers
Jackie Robinson was the first African American to join the MLB -
Brown V. Board of Education
A huge court case the ruled out segregation in public schools unconstitutional. -
Rosa parks refused to give up her seat
Rosa Parks refused to give her seat to a white man who needed a spot, so she got arrested. -
Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957
established US commissions on Civil Rights -
Desegregation of Central High in Little Rock, Arkansas
A federal district court case was won, so this school was no longer segregated -
Sit-in at Woolworth’s lunch counter
a non violent protest in Greensboro, NC, when African Americans were refused service -
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CORE "freedom rides"
A group of people who took a series of bus trips throughout the south in hopes to catch the eye of the Gov, they were escorted through Alabama but arrested in Mississippi. -
Dr. King was put into Jail
Dr. King was thrown into Birmingham jail because they were leading peaceful protests against segregation. -
March on Washington
A quarter Million people marched around the Lincoln memorial peacefully to protest for their job/learning opportunities and freedom. -
Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964
this outlawed all forms of discrimination -
"Bloody Sunday"
A brutal attack on a peaceful civil rights movement in Selma, Alabama. -
Voting Rights Act
the issue of voting rights was resolved -
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated.
as he stood on the balcony of a motel in Memphis, he got assassinated.