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African-American scientist known for his many uses of the peanut
ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin
African-American Muslim minister and human rights activis
American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement.
did not give up her seat on a bus in 1955, helped innovate the civil right movement
a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957
a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional
a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax.
a civil rights group organized by W.E.B. DuBois and William Monroe Trotter in 1905
the first black student at the University of Mississippi in 1962
led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s
first African American Supreme Court Justice
the first African American to receive a Ph.D. from Harvard
a landmark constitutional law case of the US Supreme Court decided in 1896. It upheld state racial segregation laws for public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal"
more than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C.,for Jobs and Freedom for a political rally
The 16th Street Baptist Church bombing was an act of white supremacist terrorism
aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment
civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States, in 1961
is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as a bi-racial organization to advance justice for African Americans