Timeline Selected Events in History Jacksonville
National Brown v. Board of Education rejects "separate but equal" as unconstitutional
1954
Montgomery Bus Boycott, recognized as beginning the Civil Rights Movement
1955
U.S. passes Civil Rights Act
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated
1959
Blacks picket downtown businesses, protesting segregation
1960
"Axe Handle Saturday": black protestors attacked in Hemming Plaza
1963
13 black first-graders attend white schools for first time
1964
Civil disturbances in reaction to Mayor Burns' support of segregation
1967
City of Jacksonville establishes Human Rights Commission
1968
City of Jacksonville/Duval County consolidation takes place
1969
Riots after white salesman shoots black youth on Florida Avenue
1971
Riots after white policeman shoots black youth; Court-ordered busing begins in Jacksonville schools
1974
U.S. Civil Rights Commission recommends cutting off federal funding for Jacksonville law enforcement due to racially discriminatory policies and practices
1984
Jacksonville City Council passes first minority set-aside ordinance; Clarkson Committee recommends improvements in police policy and procedures
1990
NAACP and School Board enter into Desegregation Agreement; magnet schools replace forced busing
1991
NAACP sues Duval County School Board over implementation of desegregation agreement Judge John Santora makes racially-prejudiced remarks and is removed from being Chief Judge
1992
Jacksonville Together! presents recommendations for community healing
1995
Jacksonville elects first black sheriff
2001
Jacksonville schools declared "unitary," removed from federal supervision
Jacksonville Community Council Inc.
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