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1993 Rodney King in court says he thinks he heard cops yell racial slurs 1992 Los Angeles Dodgers postpone 3 games due to racial riots due to Rodney King 1990 New York Newsday reporter Jimmy Breslin suspended for a racial slur 1990 "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine 1989 100 march through Bensonhurst protesting racial killings 1989 Phoenix Suns cancel game at Miami Heat, due to racial unrest in Miami 1988 Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder fired from CBS for racial remarks 1987 Al Campanis, Dodger executive for more than 40 years, resigns, after making racial remarks on "Nightline" 1987 Al Campanis appears on Niteline saying blacks may not be equiped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy 1980 U.S. Justice Department sues Yonkers siting racial discrimination 1977 Ian Smith, espousing racial segregation, wins Rhodesian general election with 80% of overwhelmingly white electorate's vote 1976 Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz resigns due to telling a racial joke 1974 South Africa suspended from United Nations General Assembly over racial policies 1971 2 killed in Memphis racial disturbances 1971 Mayor declares state of emergency in Columbus Ga, racial disturbance 1971 Racial disturbance in Jacksonville, Florida 1971 U.S. Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregation 1971 Supreme Court upheld busing as means of achieving racial desegregation 1970 Cops kill 2 students in racial disturbance (Jackson State U, Miss) 1969 Racial disturbances in Fort Lauderdale Florida 1969 National Guard mobilizes in racial disturbances in Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1969 State troopers ordered to Cairo Ill, to quell racial disturbances 1968 Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale and rental of housing 1966 Racial riots erupt in the Watts section of Los Angeles 1964 Blacks and Whites riot over racial segregation in St. Augustine 1963 Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham Alabama 1962 Suit to bar Englewood New Jersey from "racial segregated" schools, filed 1962 Suit accuses New York City Board of Education uses "racial quotas" 1961 Racial riot at University of Georgia 1957 New York City is 1st city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law) 1956 Fed court rules racial segregation on Montgomery buses anti-Const 1951 Racial segregation in Washington D.C. restaurants ruled illegal 1943 Federal troops put down racial riot in Detroit 30 dead 1943 Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded 1943 National Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) organizes 1943 Congress of racial Equality (CORE) forms 1943 U.S. forbid racial discrimination in war industry 1938 Peter Sanders, CEO, Commission for Racial Equality 1922 David Lane, CEO, Commission for Racial Equality 1829 Walker's Appeal, racial antislavery pamphlet, published in Boston

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