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NCAAP was founded.
In February of 1909, the NCAAP was founded for equal rights of black people. It was the start of anti-lynching of "colored" people. -
Jackie Robinson Joins The Brooklyn Dodgers
Jackie Robinson becomes the first African American to join a baseball team that was previously made up of all white people. -
Brown v. Board of Education
A landmark 1954 Supreme Court race that lauds against the unfairness of segregation in public schools saying it is unconstitutional. It corrected the precedent that "separate-but-equal" was right, as it was not equal at all. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white man
On December 1, 1955, Rose Parks was tired after a day of working. Usually, she'd give up her seat to a white man. This time she refused. She was arrested for not giving up her seat, and thus began the boycott of Montgomery buses. -
Little Rock Central High School Desegregation
The national guard was mobilized so that nine African American students could go there. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
The ability to vote, and live your life as a normal human being. -
Sit in at Woolworth lunch counter
Four African American college students sit down at a lunch counter in Woolsworth's in Greensboro, NC, and asked politely for service. Their service was refused, and when asked to leave, they remained in their seats. -
CORE "Freedom Ride"
Seven blacks and six whites left Washington DC in two buses bound south. It declared segregation in buses, and other transports weren't just wrong, it was unconstitutional. -
Dr. King is thrown in Birmingham jail.
On April 16, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr was thrown into a Birmingham jail. He represented the calmness, and his real desire for freedom. -
March On Washington
A massive protest March where 250,000 people gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. It was the place where Martin Luther King, Jr unveiled his now iconic "I Have A Dream" speech. -
Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964
It outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Voting Rights Act
President Lyndon B. Johnson aimed over legal barriers that prevented African Americans from voting. It was a guaranteed right from the 15th Amendment of the Constitution. -
Martin Luther King Jr was Assassination
MLK was standing on his second floor balcony at the Lorraine Motel when he was sniped in the neck by an crazy person. He was dead within an hour. -
Bloody Sunday
A massacre where British soldiers shot 28 unarmed people, where 14 died later, three more died outright. Another man died fourteen months later relating to his injuries.
