| 1909 |
NAACP is founded |
| 1925 |
Ku Klux Klan’s first national demonstration in Washington, D.C. |
| 1948 |
Truman desegregates the military |
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| 1954 |
Brown v. Board desegregates public schools |
| 1955 |
Rosa Parks begins the Montgomery Bus Boycott |
| 1957 |
JFK sends federal troops to integrate University of Mississippi, segregation ruled unconstitutional in all transport facility, military fully integrated |
| 1960 |
The first lunch counter sit-in begins in Greensboro, North Carolina |
| 1961 |
Freedom Rides begin |
| 1962 |
JFK sends federal troops to integrate University of Mississippi, segregation ruled unconstitutional in all transport facility, military fully integrated |
| 1963 |
Medgar Evers assassinated, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his “I Have a Dream” Speech, Birmingham Church bombing |
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| 1964 |
Civil Rights Act passed, 24th Amendment abolishes the poll tax |
| 1965 |
Marches from Selma to Montgomery begin, Malcom X assassinated, Voting Rights Act passed |
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| 1967 |
Thurgood Marshall appointed to Supreme Court |
| 1968 |
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated, LBJ signs Civil Rights Act of 1968 |
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