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Executive Order 9981
President Harry S. Truman gave the order to abolish racial discrimination in the United States Armed Forces. This gave equal rights in the military for African American citizens. -
Little Rock Nine
Nine African American Students were enrolled in Little Rock High School, a previousely all white high school. Orval Faubus, the governer of Arkansas, prevented the students from entering the school until the intervention of President Eisenhower. -
Rosa Parks
Parks refused to give up her seat for a white person. She was charged with civil disobedience for not following bus segregation. After this incident, she became an important symbol of the Civil Rights Movement. -
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
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Brown VS Board of Education
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Woolworth Sit Ins
Four aftican american college students in Greensboro, North Carolina sat down at a lunch counter. When they were asked to leave they stayed in their seats. This began what is known as Woolworth Sit Ins. -
SNCC
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was an organization of the American Civil Rights Movement. This committee played roles in sit ins and freedom rides. -
SCLC
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Freedom Rides
African American civil rights activists rode down in buses to the Southern States in order to help with the limitation of rights. The freedom riders were arrested but it brought the attention and assistance of the US Government. -
Murder of Michael Schwerner
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Bloody Sunday
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Letter from Birmingham Jail
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"Bull" Connor uses fire hoses on black demonstrators
Connor ordered the police department to use fire hoses and attack dogs on the children that marched through the streets of Birmingham, Alabama. 959 (6-18) children were arrested during this march. -
March on Washington
Estimated 200,000 marchers went to Washington DC for one of the largest political rallies for human rights. This is where MLK gave his "I Have A Dream" speak, inspiring African Americans forever. -
24th Amendment
Congress prohibited poll tax or other types of tax for the right to vote in federal elections. Poll taxes were mainly used in southern states to keep African Americans from voting. -
James Meredith
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Civil Rights Act 1964
A piece of civil rights legislation that prevents racial segregation in public areas and unequal voter applications. This led to the African Americans having better work and public facilities. -
Emmett Till
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Malcolm X Assassinated
Malcolm X was seen as one of the most influential African Americans. Malcolm X became disillusioned by the Nation of Islam and was later assissnated by 3 of it's members. -
Voting Rights Act 1965
Signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, the act allowed for a mass enfranchisement of racial minorities. It is considered as one of the most effective civil rights legislations in the United States. -
Executive Order 11246
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Black Panthers Founded
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Murder of James Chaney
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Loving VS Virginia
Mildred and Richard loving had been sentenced to jail due to the state's anti-miscegenation statute, the Racial Integrity Act of 1924. The Supreme Court made a unanimous decision found this unconstitutional, this lifted all race-based restrictions on marriage in the United States. -
Murder of Andrew Goodman
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Civil Rights Act 1968
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MLK Assassination
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Civil Rights Act 1991
The act modified the basic procedural and substantive rights in employment discrimination cases. It gave the right to have emotional distress damages and the right to trial by jury. -
1992 Los Angeles Race Riots
A series of riots, arsons, civil disturbance, and lootings in Los Angeles, this was caused by a police brutality of 4 caucasian police officers beating a African American man on a video tape and then being aquitted.
