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Miscegenation made illegal
The state of Virginia made miscegenation illegal -
Thirteenth Amendment abolishes slavery
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Universal Negro Improvement Association forms
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Fair employment Practice Committee created
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Governor Chauncey Sparks elected
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Sexual Violence & Rape Battleground
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Ella Ree Jones Bus incident
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March for Voting Rights
E.D. Nixon led African Americans on a march to the registrars office for voting rights -
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McGee Affair with White woman
Mrs. Willametta Hawkins a white women forced McGee into an affair resulting in his death when McGee tried to break away -
Rosa Parks joins Montgomery NAACP
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Recy Taylor Sexual Assaulted
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County Jury Court Takes Recy Taylor's Case
Henry County Grand Jury takes the case without indictment -
Alabama committee for Equal Justice formed
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Boswell Amendment Ratify campaign
Prevent African Americans from voting -
Viola White Bus incident
Viola White refused to give up her seat -
Women's Political Council formed
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Marco Snipes Killed for voting
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National Emergency Committee Against Violence formed
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PCCR Created
President Truman created the president's committee on civil rights (PCCR) -
NAACP convention in Mobile, Alabama
Rosa parks gave a speech warning of federal civil rights promises -
Ruby Floyd accuses 8 men of rape
Ruby Floyd a white woman accuses 7 African American males of rape resulting in their death -
Sexual Assault of Gertrude Perkins
Assaulted by police officers on her way home from partying -
Gertrude Perkins Court Date
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Hillard Brooks Bus incident
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McGee's schedule execution
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Mark Ingram Incident
Mark Ingram, an African American male, was accused of looking at an 18-year-old white woman when attempting to ask her father to borrow a trailer. -
African Women gather at Nation's Capitol
African American women gather together to listen to each others horror stories -
Daisy Bates President of NAACP
Daisy Bates President of Arkansas NAACP branch -
Birmingham appoints Black Police officers
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Mark Ingram case dismissed
North Carolina court dismissed the case against Mark Ingram -
Brown v Board of Education
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Magic City turned into Bombingham
White people burned homes, churches, and businesses of African Americans -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
African Americans boycotted the public bus system organizing a system to safely transport African American workers from work and home -
Claudette Colvin Bus incident
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Claudette Colvin Court case
Case handled by Fred Gray -
Fred Gray Appeals court decision
Court decided Colvin was guilty and Gray appaealed -
Emmett Till Murdered
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Mary Louise Smith Bus Incident
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Rosa Parks Bus Incident
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WPC call for Bus Boycott
Women's Political Council (WPC) called for a Bus Boycott on December 5th -
Holt Street Baptist Church Meeting
Martin Luther King, Jr and others spoke up about the injustices against African American Bus riders and a boycott was formed -
Tallahassee Bus Boycott
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Citizens Council Crusade
40,000 whites join the citizen's council crusade as a massive resistance movement -
Rosa Parks moves to Detroit
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Integration of Central High School in Arkansas
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Mayor Gayle Launched "Get Tough"
Get Tough launched to disrupt bus boycott -
Martin Luther King, Jr. House dynamited
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Pro-segregation Rally
10,000 whites attend pro-segregation rally -
Prosecutors curious about boycott
Prosecutors summoned African Americans to know who was behind the boycott -
Grand Jury Indictments
Grand Jury returned indictments against Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr, and others who mostly were women -
Annette Butler Sexually Assaulted
Ernest Dillon, his brother, and cousin raped Annette Butler by posing as a police officer and taking her to the swamps to rape her. -
Browder v Gayle
US Supreme Court ruled that segregation outside of public schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment -
Annette Butler Court Case
Ernest Dillon pleads guilty -
Annette Butler Court Case
Ernest Dillon was sentenced to 20 years of hard labor. This was used to show there wasn't discrimination within the court system. -
Sexual Assault of Betty Jean Owens
Four white men attacked Betty Jean Owens in a car with others. They took Betty Jean and raped her 7 times. -
Betty Jean Owens Court Case
White men were charged for the first time in Florida history with raping an African American woman. -
Betty Jean Owens Court Case
The jury decided the men were guilty with a recommendation for mercy. This saved them from the electric chair. -
Betty Jean Owens Court Case
The men were sentenced to life sentences -
Civil Rights Act Signed into law
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Assassination of Malcom X
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Voting Rights of 1965
Made discriminatory practices illegal for voters -
Zion Missionary Baptist Church Attacked
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Liuzzo Murdered by Klansman
Liuzzo Moton a white woman was murdered by Klansmen for shuttling marchers to and from Montgomery and Selma -
Viola Liuzzo State Murder Trial
Klansmen were seen as guilty but others felt Liuzzon violated gender and racial norms. -
Rosa Lee Assaulted
Norman Cannon rapes Rosa Lee -
Rosa Lee Court Case
Cannon was found guilty of rape and sentenced to life in prision -
Loving V. Virginia
Made interracial marriage legal -
Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Roe v. Wade
US Supreme Court granted women power over their body choices -
NOW Rape Task force formed
National Organization for Women formed the NOW Rape Task force to investigate rape laws -
Joan Little arrested for shoplifting
Charged with possession of stolen goods and sawed off shot gun -
Joan Little Sentenced
Joan Little sentenced to 7-10 years in jail -
Joan Little attacked by Jail Officer
Sergeant Jerry Helms sexually attacked Joan Little in jail. In an attempt to escape Joan Little murdered him. This lead to an immediate search for Joan Little since she escaped captivity. -
Joan Little Arrested
Joan was arrested for first-degree murder of Sargeant Jerry Helms -
Joan Little Court Case
Court Case for Joan Little used the right for her self-defense to speak out against her rape.