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07/01/1943 |
Demonstration is held in Boston in the wake of the recent riot in Detroit. |
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1943 |
Campaigns to increase hiring of African-Americans is waged. |
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1946 |
Boston Branch NAACP Youth Council charter is suspended for engaging in political activity. |
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1946 |
Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination is established. |
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1947 |
Demonstrations protest the small number of African-American municipal employees in Boston. |
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05/03/1948 |
Shelley v. Kraemer decision establishes limited fair housing practices. |
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07/26/1948 |
Executive order 9981 ends segregation in the U.S. armed forces in Washington, D.C. |
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11/30/1948 |
Boston Branch NAACP Youth Council charter is suspended. |
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12/16/1949 |
Freedom House opens. |
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1949 |
Boston Branch of the Congress of Racial Equality is established in Cambridge. |
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