History - RACE ISSUE - KeyDates.

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National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People:
Set up in 1909. Grew in 1920s.
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Wall Street Crash happened on:
Tuesday 29th October 1929.
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FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT came to power in:
1933.
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Selective service act was passed in:
1940.
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President TRUMAN passed the fair deal in:
1946.
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Civil rights movement gained first successes in:
1950s.
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Brown V. Topeka case was held in Kansas in:
1954.
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The Little Rock case occured in Arkansas in:
1957.
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James Meredith could not take his place in University of Mississippi in:
1962.
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The Montgomery bus boycott began on:
1st December 1955.
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The Supreme court declared segregation on buses illegal in:
November 1956.
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Four black students staged a two-day sit in in a Woolworths store in:
1960.
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The Congress Of Racial Equality organied freedom rides in:
1961.
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M L King was arrested leading a Freedom March in Brimingham, Alabama in:
1963.
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250,000 people heard the ''I have a dream'' speech in Washington in:
August 1963.
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King was awarded the Nobel peace prize in:
December 1964.
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The black power movement was particularly strong in the North, and began in:
The early 1960s.
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Malcolm X was the leader of:
The Black Panthers. Violent group who believed in violence for defence. Its members carried guns.
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Malcom X was assinated in:
1965.
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Martin Luther King was assassinated in:
1968.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1957, was passed by EISENHOWER in:
Tried to ensure that blacks had the right to vote. It was ignored by some states, so another act was passed in 1960.
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JOHNSON passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which:
Made segregation in public places illegal. The act gave the president the power to withhold money from states which did not keep to the ruling.
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The Voting Rights Act was passed in:
1965. It gacve the government the power to take over registration of voters when state officials banned blacks from voting.
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The Interacial Marriage Act was passed by JOHNSON in:
1967.
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The Fair Housing Act was passed in:
1968.
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By the end of the 1960s:
Blacks had made much progress.
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Carl Stokes was made the Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio in:
1967. He was the first black mayor of a major city.
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120 cities had black mayors by:
1975.
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Since the 1960s black athletes had:
Broken into white preserve sports such as: American Football, Basketball, and Baseball.
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For many Black Americans life improved in the 1970s and 80s because:
Incomes Increased, they could afford better housing, and more black children went to college.
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Allthough life had improved in the 1980s:
One third of black families struggled to survive below the poverty level. Racial discrimination still continued.
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In 1992 the worst riots in American history took place in:
Los Angeles.
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The 1992 riots began because:
Driver, Rodney King. Police. Beaten. White Jury. Officers not guilty
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Black American football star was acused of stabbing to death his ex-wife Nicole in:
1995
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PRESIDET ROOSEVLET:
1933-1945.
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PRESIDENT TRUMAN:
1945-1953.
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PRESIDENT EISENHOWER:
1953-1961.
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PRESIDENT KENNEDY:
1961-1963. Assassinated.
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PRESIDENT JOHNSON:
1963-1969.
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PRESIDENT NIXON:
1969-1974.
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PRESIDENT FORD:
1974-1977.
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PRESIDENT CARTER:
1977-1981.
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PRESIDENT REAGAN:
1981-1989.
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PRESIDENT BUSH:
1989-1993.
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PRESIDENT CLINTON:
1993-2001.
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Tuesday 29th October 1929.

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Wall Street Crash happened on:

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1933.

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1940.

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1946.

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