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This act was declared unconstitutonal by the U.S. government.
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Plessy was found guilty for sitting in an all-white railroad car even though we was 7/8 white, which was against the 1890 Louisiana statute that provided for segregated “separate but equal” railroad accommodations.
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In 1909 the NAACP started the fight to end segregation.
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The demand for soldiers in the war left jobs for African Americans
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VideoChief Justice Earl Warren declared "seperate but equal" wrong for education and order the desegregation of schools. This was a big step in civil rights, however it didn't fix segregation issues outside of the school system.
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500 school districts had desegregated schools.
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On this date, Rosa Parks was arrasted for refusing to give up her bus seat for a white person.
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Started by the arrest of Rosa Parks, African Americans refused to ride city buses for 381 days. This hurt the bus system significantly and ended with the Surpreme Court ordering the desegregation of buses.
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After the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Dr King invited some 60 black ministers and leaders to start the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, which became an American civil rights organization.
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The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was created by Eisnhower and was the first civil rights legestation enacted since Reconstruction. It was mainly a voting rights bill.
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VideoWhere they are now.Governor Orval Faubus had the National Guard block nine black students from entering Central High in Little Rock because he didn’t want to integrate Little Rock’s schools. President Eisenhower heard of this and sent Federal Troops to protect the nine black students.
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An invasion of Cuba to overthrow the Cuban government of Fidel Castro was executed by the United States under the orders of President Kennedy. The invasion was lead by CIA -trained forces with support from US government armed forces, and they failed.
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The United States decides to start testing neclear bombs underground
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U.S. aircraft carrier "Core" arrives in Saigon with 33 helicopters and 400 air and ground crewmen assigned to operate them for S. Vietnam
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Soviets are using Cuba's proximity to the United States as a way to point missiles at America. A naval blockade is ordered by President Kennedy.
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Tentions between the United States, Soviet Union and Cuba were at thier height.
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The 1964 Civil Rights Act was passed by Congress from Johnson. It declared voter registration discrimination illegal as well as racial segregation in school, the workplace, etc. The act over rulled the Jim Crow laws of the South.
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Requested by President Lyndon B. Johnson, this authorized military action in Southeast Asia.
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US bombs dropped on N. Vietnam total over 600,000 tons
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US begins bombing around Haiphong and Hanoi, N. Vietnam. This is considered a major escalation of the air war
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Robert Nixon took office as the 36th President of the United States.
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President Nixon resigns from office
