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1865 & The Thirteenth Amendment is ratified, abolishing slavery in the United States. \tn 
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1868 & The Fourteenth Amendment is ratified, granting citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States and guaranteeing equal protection under the law. \tn 
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1870 & The Fifteenth Amendment is ratified, prohibiting states from denying the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude. \tn 
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1896 & Plessy v. Ferguson: The Supreme Court upholds "separate but equal" segregation laws in public facilities. \tn 
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1941 & A. Philip Randolph organizes a March on Washington to protest racial discrimination in defense industries, leading President Franklin D. Roosevelt to issue Executive Order 8802, banning discrimination in defense jobs. \tn 
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1942 & The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) is founded in Chicago to challenge segregation through nonviolent direct action. \tn 
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1948 & President Harry S. Truman issues Executive Order 9981, desegregating the armed forces. \tn 
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1954 & Brown v. Board of Education: The Supreme Court rules that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional, overturning Plessy v. Ferguson. \tn 
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1955 & Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American, is brutally murdered in Mississippi, galvanizing national attention to racial violence. \tn 
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1 December 1955 & Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white passenger on a Montgomery, Alabama bus, leading to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. \tn 
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1955-1956 & Montgomery Bus Boycott: Led by Martin Luther King Jr. and the Montgomery Improvement Association, the boycott successfully ends with the Supreme Court ruling that bus segregation is unconstitutional. \tn 
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1957 & The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) is founded by Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders to coordinate nonviolent protests. \tn 
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1957 & The Little Rock Nine integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, under federal troop protection following resistance from the state governor. \tn 
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1957 & The Civil Rights Act of 1957 is signed into law, establishing the Civil Rights Division in the Department of Justice and the Commission on Civil Rights. \tn 
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1 February 1960 & Greensboro sit-ins begin as four African American college students sit at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter, sparking similar protests across the South. \tn 
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1961 & Freedom Rides: CORE and SNCC activists ride interstate buses into the segregated South to challenge non-enforcement of Supreme Court rulings against segregation. \tn 
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1962 & James Meredith enrolls at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), facing violent resistance; federal marshals are deployed to ensure his admission. \tn 
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1963 & Birmingham Campaign: Led by the SCLC, protests in Birmingham, Alabama, confront segregation, resulting in police violence and mass arrests; media coverage shocks the nation. \tn 
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28 August 1963 & March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Over 250,000 people gather at the Lincoln Memorial, where Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his iconic "I Have a Dream" speech. \tn 
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1964 & Freedom Summer: A campaign to register African American voters in Mississippi, marked by the murders of civil rights workers James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner. \tn 
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2 July 1964 & The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, banning discrimination in public accommodations, employment, and education. \tn 
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1965 & Selma to Montgomery Marches: Highlighting voting rights issues, the marches lead to "Bloody Sunday" when state troopers attack marchers; widespread outrage follows. \tn 
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1966 & The Black Panther Party is founded in Oakland, California, by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, advocating for armed self-defense and community programs. \tn 
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1967 & Loving v. Virginia: The Supreme Court rules that state bans on interracial marriage are unconstitutional. \tn 
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1982 & The Voting Rights Act is extended for 25 years. \tn 
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1983 & Martin Luther King Jr. Day is established as a federal holiday. \tn 
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1991 & he Civil Rights Act of 1991 is passed, strengthening existing civil rights laws and providing for damages in cases of intentional employment discrimination. \tn 
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2003 & Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger: The Supreme Court upholds affirmative action in college admissions at the University of Michigan, allowing race to be considered as one factor. \tn 
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2010 & The Affordable Care Act is signed into law, expanding healthcare access and including provisions addressing health disparities. \tn 
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2013 & Shelby County v. Holder: The Supreme Court invalidates key provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, leading to new voting restrictions in several states. \tn 
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2014 & The Black Lives Matter movement gains national prominence following the police killings of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner in New York City. \tn 
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2020 & Nationwide protests occur following the killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota, leading to renewed calls for police reform and racial justice. \tn 
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2021 & Juneteenth is established as a federal holiday, commemorating the end of slavery in the United States. \tn 
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