February 21, 1965 -- Malcolm X is Assassinated
Malcolm X who was born in Omaha, Nebraska on May 19th 1925 from his mother Louise Norton Little and his father Earl Little. He was one of 8 children and grew up in a very proactive household. His fath...
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1966: Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party was created in 1966, in Oakland, California. It was established in California but it spread throughout the US including many different cities in the following years, a few of t...
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1964: Freedom Summer
In 1964 the number of registered African American voters had been gradually increasing. In most Southern States, about 50-70% of African American citizens were registered to vote on average. However, ...
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July 2, 1964, President LBJ Signs The Civil Rights Act of 1964 Into Law
July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law Background: The Civil Rights Act of 1964, simply put, declared that all men are equal in the workforce as well ...
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August 1965 Watts Riots
On August 11, 1965, an African-American was pulled over for allegedly drunk driving in a predominantly black neighborhood in Los Angeles. The man behind the wheel was Marquette Frye and was arrested b...
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June 11, 1963 George Wallace "Stand in the Schoolhouse Door"
Civil Rights movements were being sparked all over the place in the 1960s due to gross injustices against the African American population. Brave people from black communities were sick of the treatmen...
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February 1st, 1960 Greensboro Sit-In
The Beginning of the Movement: During the 1960s, southern states were still mostly segregated and it was not a strange thing. Southern states did not enact the desegregation laws as quickly as the ot...
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1963: The Birmingham Campaign
The Birmingham Campaign: During the early 1960s, segregation was at an all time high in the south, especially in Alabama. Times were very difficult for African Americans as they were seen as the infe...
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