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Period: to
1945-1960
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Truman declares all races can serve in armed forces
President Truman signs an order that people from any race or national origin can fight in the armed forces. -
Army is desegregated
Army High Command announces it will desegregate the army. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
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NAACP member killed
Reverend George w. lee is killed in benzoli mississippi -
Murder of emmitt till
Emmitt till a black kid from chicago was in mississippi and murdered for whistling at a white girl -
Rosa parks refuses to move her seat
NAACP member Rosa Parks refused to give up her sat and move to the back of the bus. She went to jail and was trialed. Her lawyer was none other than martin luther king jr -
Montgomery bus system desegregated
the montgomery bus system no longer had the blacks sit in the back of the bus -
Black students go to little rock high school
Black students go to High school in little rock arkansas and president eisenhower sent the 101st airborne to guard them from harrassment and other threats. -
SNCC is founded
the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commitee is created at shaw university providing young blacks a place in the civil rights movement. -
Civil rights act of 1960 signed by president eisenhower
President eisenhower signed the civil rights act of 1960 which made it illegal to attempt to stop blacks to vote or register to vote