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Creation of the NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was established to fight for civil rights -
Scottsboro Boys
Nine African American teenagers were falsely accused of raping two white women on a train in Alabama. Supreme Court decision on right to trial. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Supreme Court unanimously ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, overturning the "separate but equal" doctrine, desegragated schools -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
legislation outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, ending segregation in public places and banning employment discrimination -
The Murder of Emmitt Till
14-year-old African American boy from Chicago, was lynched in Mississippi after allegedly offending a white woman. -
The Little Rock 9
Nine African American students faced violent resistance when integrating Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. -
Ruby Bridges desegregate elementary school in New Orleans-
first African American child to integrate an all-white elementary school in the South -
Jackie Robinson Breaks the Color Barrier
the first African American to play Major League Baseball -
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Dr. King's letter from jail about nonviolent resistance to racism -
Assassination of Malcolm X
Black leader for human rights assassinated in New York City -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks' arrest for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger, boycott of Montgomery buses led to a Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses was unconstitutional -
Creation of the Black Panthers
Group that advocated for African American self-defense and community programs -
Thurgood Marshall Named Supreme Court Justice
first African American Supreme Court Justice -
Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
Civil Rights leader assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee -
Election of Barack Obama
first African American President of the United States