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Harlem Renaissance
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Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American baseball player
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Executive Order 9066
This law integrated the United States' Armed Forces and was enacted by president Harry Truman. -
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Civil Rights Movement
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Supreme Court decision in Brown v Board of Education
segregation in schools is unconstitutional -
Murder of Emmitt Till
Emmitt Till was murdered by two men following reportedly flirting with a white woman cashier. The two white men were acquitted by an all-white jury. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This is started by Rosa Parks on December 21st, 1955 when she refuses to give up her seat to a white man. -
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is founded
MLK creates this organization to promote nonviolent protests. -
The Little Rock Nine
This occurs in the South, when 9 African-Americans are denied access to a public school of whites when the governor blocks the entrance. The president sends federal troops to allow them into the school. -
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee is founded
This gave a larger role to younger African-Americans in the Civil Rights Movement -
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Freedom Riders
These were African-Americans that performed many sit-ins and bus boycotts in the South. -
James Meredith is the first African-American to attend the University of Mississippi
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March on Washington
Martin Luther King Jr led 200,000 Americans on a march to the nation's capital in which he demanded equal rights. When they arrived, MLK delivered his famous "I have a Dream" speech. -
Civil Rights Act
This law outlawed discrimination based on race, gender, nation of origin, religion, or color. This law was weakly enforced initially. -
Assassination of Malcom X
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Voting Rights Act
Established the principle that you cannot discriminate against one's right to vote based on the color of one's skin -
Black Panther Party is created
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Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.