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Civil Rights
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Trumans Orders
President Truman issued Executive Order 9981 establishing equality of treatment and opportunity in the Armed Services. -
Civil Rights Act.
On September 9, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1960.
The Civil Rights Act of 1960 enabled federal judges to appoint referees to hear people claiming that state election officials had denied them the right to vote. -
Martin Luther King Arrested.
Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham, Alabama he writes his seminal "Letter from Birmingham Jail." -
24th Amendment Ratified.
The 24th Amendment abolishes the poll tax, which originally had been instituted in 11 southern states after Reconstruction to make it difficult for poor blacks to vote. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion, or national origin. -
Malcom X is Assassinated.
Black nationalist and founder of the Organization of Afro-American Unity, is assassinated. It is believed the assailants are members of the Black Muslim faith.
