Below is a quick list of milestones in 20th-century in African-American history for the Black History Month for the libraries:
Up-to-the minute political events
...the 1992 Rodney King trial and its aftermath...the Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill hearings and their impact on African-American identity, feminist concerns, and harassment issues...
Civil rights landmarks
...the 1955 Montgomery bus boycott...
Significant cultural achievements
... Toni Morrison's Beloved winning the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988...
Remarkable people
... Malcolm X... Carl Lewis... Roy Wilkins... Rosa Parks...Thurgood Marshall...
The milestones of the African-American History help better to understand main ideas from important speeches, laws and documents to deepen the captivating experiences throughout the past century.
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