History Fair
Category: Outro
Atualizado: 25 fev 2020
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Created byTate Collier
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1963: Loyola of Chicago started four black players in the NCAA Championship game, which is the historical precedent to the Texas Western/Kentucky gameJuly 2, 1964: Enactment of the Civil Rights ActApril 4, 1968: MLK AssassinatedJanuary 20, 2009: Barack Obama sworn in as first African-American President of the USAJanuary 1, 1868: President Abraham Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, abolishing slavery in the USA1931: George Gregory, Jr., of Columbia University, becomes the first African American all-American college basketball playerMay 18, 1896: U.S. Supreme Court issues Plessy v. Ferguson, establishing the "separate but equal" doctrine, which allowed racial segregation of public facilities, including schools, as long as they were of equal qualityMarch 17, 1939: First NCAA Men's Basketball ChampionshipApril 15, 1947: Jackie Robinson breaks major league baseball color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers1950: NBA's color barrier broken by three black men: Chuck Cooper, Earl Lloyd, and Nat CliftonMay 17, 1954: U.S. Supreme Court issues Brown v. Board of Education, declaring the segregation of public schools unconstitutional, and overruling Plessy v. Ferguson1954: University of Kentucky's undergraduate classes desegregatedJanuary 20, 1961: John F. Kennedy elected President of the USA1961: Landmark federal court decision ordering University of Georgia to desegregate1962: 10%--percentage of Black NCAA mens' basketball players
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