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Plessy v. Ferguson
court ruling that "separate but equal" is constitutional -
NAACP created
group focused on legal cases for civil rights -
Jackie Robinson joins Dodgers
first Black major league baseball player -
military desegregated
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Brown v. Board of Education
first legal ruling that "separate but equal" wasn't constitutional -
Montgomery Bus boycott
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Rosa Parks stands up
Rosa Parks refuses to move her seat for a white man -
Greensboro sit-in
peaceful protest against segregation in restaurants -
James Meredith goes to university
University of Massachusetts is desegregated after historically being all white -
Letter from Birmingham Jail
powerful letter advocating for civil rights from MLK jr. is written -
march on washington
200k+ people protesting for civil rights -
24th amendment passed
eliminates poll tax, something that stopped a lot of poor people of color from voting -
Civil Rights Act
banned discrimination on basis of race and sex -
Voting Rights
Before and After Voting Rights Act -
How 1960s Black Protests moved
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Bloody Sunday
state troopers attack a peaceful protest in Alabama -
Black Power
first usage of the term -
Black Panthers created
militant group working against racism and poverty -
Thurgood Marshall appointed to Supreme Court
First Black person on the Supreme Court -
Race riots
happened nationwide, in Detroit 43 people were killed -
Loving v Virginia
ruled against interracial marriage bans -
fair housing act
banned discrimination in housing -
MLK Assassination
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California v. Bakke
ruling in favor of affirmative action -
police acquitted for violence
Police that beat Rodney King aren't punished or found guilty of doing so, caused riots -
Obama Elected
first Black president -
BLM created
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Trayvon Martin killed
police found not guilty -
Tamir Rice killed
no police were charged. he was 12 -
Eric Garner killed
no police were charged -
Michael Brown killed
no police were punished -
Colin Kaepernick
takes a knee during the national anthem to bring attention to police brutality -
Breonna Taylor killed
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George Floyd killed
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George Floyd Justice
Derek Chauvin sentenced to prison for violating George Floyd's rights