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in 1914 World War I began.

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in 1918, WWI Ends.

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on Thursday 7th august 1930 in Marion, Indiana, three black boys were lynched. Thomas Shipp (18), Abram Smith (19) and James Cameron (16).

They were accused of rape and murder.  The white mob beat and hung them with a sledgehammer.

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in 1931 The Statute of Westminster grants Canada political independence from Britain, including the right to an independent foreign policy.

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Jesse Owens winning gold at 1936 olympics

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on Monday 3rd, 1936 in Berlin, Germany, Olympic games. African American, Jesse Owens won four gold medals when Adolf Hitler was in power.

he won three individual gold medals, the 100-meter dash, the 200-meter dash, and the long jump and one as a part of a team, the 4x100 Relay.

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in 1939 WWII began.

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in 1945 WWII Ended

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in 1946, on the 8th of November, in New Glasgow. Viola Desmond was arrested and charged for not paying a $0.01 difference at a movie theatre. She was forcefully removed from the theatre.

in December of 2016. The bank of Canada launched a new banknote with Viola Desmond, this was also special because this was the first banknote that was vertical.

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in 1946 the Supreme Court gains supremacy. Canadians can no longer make appeals to British courts. The Supreme Court of Canada becomes Canada's highest judicial body.

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in 1948 June 22nd, 1027 passengers were said to be on a boat going to tilbury docks, in Essex. There were only 492 who were “actually on the boat"

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in 1949 Canada becomes one of the founding members of NATO

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in 1955, Thursday, 1st in December in Montgomery Alabama,  Rosa Parks was arrested for sitting in the whites-only section of the bus. A white man asked her to move and she refused.

in 1956 the US federal district court ruled against segregation for any and all public transportation.

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Hazel Bryan screaming at Elizabeth Eckford 

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in 1957 , segregation ended in schools, when 7 black teenagers joined Little Rock high school. The white teenager in the back of this pictures name is Hazel Bryan, she is the reason that this pictures name is “the Scream”. She is screaming at Elizabeth Eckford.

This event is important to black history because it abolished segregation in schools so everyone had an equal chance at education.

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on Thursday the 6th February 1958, Mary Jackson was the first African American female engineer to work at nasa. She was a major part in the development of the space program.

this building that she’s in has been named after her.

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in 1960, on February 1st, Monday, Three African American university students staged a sit-in at the Woolworth's lunch centre in Greensboro, North Carolina. The three sitting at the table are Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil, and Ezeil Blair Jr.

this event caused a lot more sit-in protests.

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on August 5th, 1962 Nelson Mandela was Arrested for 27 years after he returned home from a tour. He was charged with two charges, leaving the country without permission and incitement.

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in April 1968 on the 3rd, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed after one of his most famous speech's, “I’ve been to the mountaintop”. He was shot on the second floor balcony of his motel.

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in 1968, wednsday 16th October. Tommie Smith and John Carlos took a stand, as they were getting their gold and sliver meddles, the two black athletes were both holding one hand in the air. Tommie Smith was holdign up his right hand this symbolizes black power, John Carlos was holding up his left hand and that symbolizes black unity.

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in 1976 Montreal held the Olympics