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The order led to the desegregation of the armed forces.
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Started the integration of educational facilities. (date not clear)
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The children heped to end segregation in schools.
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Images of his death gained African American support and white sympathies.
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After the event she became an icon for the Civil Rights Movement and inspired many people.
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Helped in the organization of several NONVIOLENT Civil Rights Movements.
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The sit-ins drew a lot of media attention and eventually led to lunch counters and other public places to be desegregated.
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Helped to inspire people and participated in many demonstrations and movements.
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Helped to actually end public transportation segregation and inspire many people of color.
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First African American student admitted into the University of Mississippi, he put pressure on the Kennedy Administration to enforce the civil rights of African Americans.
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This event helped show the world the extent of police brutality on the black community.
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Enforced the idea that people have the moral responsibility to break unjust laws.
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Helped to create political momentum and pass more acts about Civil Rights.
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A white supremacy hate-crime that contributed to support for passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Prohibited poll taxes, making it easier for poor people and people of color to vote.
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The murderers all received short sentences, but the outrage of the people helped push out the civil rights act and the voting rights act.
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This act ended unequal voter registration and racial segregation in schools and at the workplace.
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Even after death he continued to inspire people.
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Marchers were stopped, beaten, and gassed by police; the march was a demonstration against the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson and in protest of the African American voting laws.
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Outlawed the "literacy tests" given to pople of color who wanted to be eligible to vote and outlawed discrimination in voting.
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Most severe riot in LA history, in response to the great migration of African Americans to LA.
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Protected black neighborhoods from police brutality.
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Because of the Loving vs. Virginia case, the Supreme Court ruled that the law prohibiting interracial marriages was unconstitutional and it was abolished.
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His legacy was carried on through history as one of the most important, nonviolent civil rights activists of all time.
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Made most hate crimes illegal.
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The speech by Caroline Bird was the first to write out and explain the word “sexism”.
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Single most important event leading up to the current gay liberation movement.
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Ammended an earlier act, helping to protect people who sued corporations for discrimination.
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Resulted in increasing minority officers in the police department and analyzing the use of excessive force by police.
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Prevented people from not hiring based on discriminatory terms.
