Civil rights movment

Civil Rights Movement

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    Civil Rights Movement

  • FDR bans discrimination in defense industries

    FDR bans discrimination in defense industries

  • Jackie Robinson becomes first African American in Major League Baseball

    Jackie Robinson becomes first African American in Major League Baseball

  • Truman desegregates the military

    Truman desegregates the military

  • The beginning of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

    The beginning of the Montgomery Bus Boycott

  • Montgomery, Alabama desegregates busses

    Montgomery, Alabama desegregates busses

  • Little Rock tries to desegregate schools

    Little Rock tries to desegregate schools

  • Congress passses Civil Rights Act of 1957

    Congress passses Civil Rights Act of 1957

  • Greensboro Sit-In

    Greensboro Sit-In

  • Freedom Ride

    Freedom Ride

  • Meredith intergrates the University of Mississippi

    Meredith intergrates the University of Mississippi

  • Martin Luther King Jr. joins the birmingham campaign

    Martin Luther King Jr. joins the birmingham campaign

  • Kennedy declares that America shall make every man equal

    Kennedy declares that America shall make every man equal

  • Medgar Evers Assassinated

    Medgar Evers Assassinated

  • March On Washington

    March On Washington

  • John F. Kennedy Assassinated

    John F. Kennedy Assassinated

  • Freedom Summer

    Freedom Summer

  • President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act of 1964

    President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act of 1964

  • Freedom Summer Ends

    Freedom Summer Ends

  • MLK and SCLC Selma Alabama Campaign

    MLK and SCLC Selma Alabama Campaign

  • Bloody Sunday

    Bloody Sunday