2014 Event Thousands of protesters march in Washington, D.C., to protest recent killings of unarmed black men by policemen; the marchers called for an end to police brutality and racial injustice in the U.S. legal system 2014 Event President Obama awards 24 Medals of Honor to veterans originally overlooked due to ethnic or racial bias 2013 Event A portion of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which protects minority voting rights, is struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, ruling that Congress has not taken into account the nation's racial progress when singling out certain states for federal oversight 1993 Event Rodney King in court says he thinks he heard cops yell racial slurs 1992 Event Los Angeles Dodgers postpone 3 games due to racial riots due to Rodney King 1990 Event New York Newsday reporter Jimmy Breslin suspended for a racial slur 1990 Event "60 Minutes" commentator Andy Rooney suspended by CBS for racial remarks attributed to him by a gay magazine 1989 Event 100 march through Bensonhurst protesting racial killings 1989 Event Phoenix Suns cancel game at Miami Heat, due to racial unrest in Miami 1988 Event Jimmy "the Greek" Snyder fired from CBS for racial remarks 1987 Event Al Campanis, Dodger executive for more than 40 years, resigns, after making racial remarks on "Nightline" 1987 Event Al Campanis appears on Niteline saying blacks may not be equiped to be in baseball management, sparking a racial controversy 1980 Event U.S. Justice Department sues Yonkers siting racial discrimination 1977 Event Ian Smith, espousing racial segregation, wins Rhodesian general election with 80% of overwhelmingly white electorate's vote 1976 Event Agriculture Secretary Earl Butz resigns due to telling a racial joke 1974 Event South Africa suspended from United Nations General Assembly over racial policies 1971 Event 2 killed in Memphis racial disturbances 1971 Event Mayor declares state of emergency in Columbus Ga, racial disturbance 1971 Event Racial disturbance in Jacksonville, Florida 1971 Event U.S. Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregation 1971 Event Supreme Court upheld busing as means of achieving racial desegregation 1970 Event Cops kill 2 students in racial disturbance (Jackson State U, Miss) 1969 Event Racial disturbances in Fort Lauderdale Florida 1969 Event National Guard mobilizes in racial disturbances in Baton Rouge, Louisiana 1969 Event State troopers ordered to Cairo Ill, to quell racial disturbances 1968 Event Supreme Court bans racial discrimination in sale and rental of housing 1966 Event Racial riots erupt in the Watts section of Los Angeles 1964 Event Blacks and Whites riot over racial segregation in St. Augustine 1963 Event Racial bomb attacks in Birmingham Alabama 1962 Event Suit to bar Englewood New Jersey from "racial segregated" schools, filed 1962 Event Suit accuses New York City Board of Education uses "racial quotas" 1961 Event Racial riot at University of Georgia 1957 Event New York City is 1st city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in housing market (Fair Housing Practices Law) 1956 Event Federal court rules racial segregation on Montgomery buses anti-Const 1951 Event Racial segregation in Washington D.C. restaurants ruled illegal 1943 Event Federal troops put down racial riot in Detroit 30 dead 1943 Event Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded 1943 Event National Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) organizes 1943 Event Congress of racial Equality (CORE) forms 1943 Event U.S. forbid racial discrimination in war industry 1938 Birthday Peter Sanders, CEO, Commission for Racial Equality 1922 Birthday David Lane, CEO, Commission for Racial Equality 1829 Event Walker's Appeal, racial antislavery pamphlet, published in Boston
