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Civil Rights Act of 1964, is considered one of the crowning legislative wins of the civil rights movement. First proposed by President JFK.
The Little Rock Nine a group of nine black students who went to a formerly all-white High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in September 1957
any time
The Greensboro sit-in was a civil rights protest that started in 1960, when young black students staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworths
1955, Rosa Parks helped initiate the civil rights movement in the U.S. when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Alabama bus
John Mercer Langston was the first black man to become a lawyer when he passed the bar in Ohio in 1854.
Madam Walker was born on a cotton plantation in Louisiana and became wealthy after inventing a line of African American hair care products.
In 1940, Hattie McDaniel was the first African American performer to win an Academy Award in the film (Gone With the Wind).
1870, Hiram R. Revels was the first African American ever elected to the U.S. Senate. He represented state of Mississippi for a 2 year term.
Harriet Tubman was an escaped slave who became a “conductor” on the Underground Railroad, leading slaves to freedom before the Civil War.
1954 , Brown v. Board of Ed. was a landmark Supreme Court case. The justices ruled, segregation of children in schools was unconstitutional.
1968, two African-American athletes Tommie S. and John C. each raised a black-gloved fist during the playing of the US national anthem.
Cheyney University was the first higher education institution to be built for African-American students. It was established in 1837.
just let it be
In 1849, Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery and becomes one of the most effective and celebrated leaders of the Underground Railroad.
President B. Johnson appointed the first African-American member of the U.S. Supreme Court. Thurgood Marshall served from 1961 until 1991.
Dr. Mae Jemison became the first African-American woman to go to space, boarding the space shuttle Endeavour in 1992.
I like trains
In 2008, Jamaican Usain Bolt became the first man to set three world records in a single Olympic Games.
In 1963, King, Jr. delivered his “I Have A Dream” speech during the March on Wash D.C. A year later, the Civil Rights Act was passed as law.
