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Jackie Robinson Breaks the Color Barrier
Robinson broke the color barrier in a sport that had been segregated for more than 50 years. -
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Letter from a Birmingham Jail
a civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating -
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The Little Rock
Nine African American students who desegregated Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas in 1957 -
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Ruby Bridges desegregated
In 1960, six-year-old Ruby Bridges became the first Black student to desegregate an all-white elementary school in New Orleans, Louisiana -
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The Civil Rights Act
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Assassination of Malcolm X
Malcolm X was assassinated on February 21, 1965, at the Audubon Ballroom in Harlem, New York. -
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Thurgood Marshall Named Supreme Court Justice
The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP) was founded in October 1966 in Oakland, California by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, who met at Merritt College in Oakland. -
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Creation of the Black Panthers
October 15, 1966, Oakland, CA The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense (BPP) was founded in October 1966 in Oakland, California by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale, who met at Merritt College in Oakland. -
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Election of Barack Obama
Obama won a decisive victory over McCain, winning the Electoral College and popular vote by sizable margins, and flipping nine states that had voted Republican in 2004: