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President Truman signed Executive Order 9981 to end inequality in the armed forces. -
Racial segregation was unanimously ruled by the U.S. Supreme Court that it violated the 14th Amendment -
A 14-year-old African American who was lynched after being accused of flirting with a white woman -
An African American woman who refused to give up her seat to a white man, which helped initiate the civil rights movement, also inspiring leaders of the black community to organize the Montgomery Bus Boycott. It was a protest campaign against racial segregation on public buses which lasted for 381 days.
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A group of 9 African American students who enrolled into the all white Central High School who challenged the racial segregation. -
Greensboro Sit-ins were a series of protest in Greensboro, North Carolina when African American students refused to leave the Woolworth Store until they were serviced
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White and African American civil right activists who rode buses together through the south -
Riots were on the campus of the University of Mississippi in oxford, where people were gathered to protest the enrollment of James Meredith -
A March on Washington for jobs and freedom. Martin Luther King Jr also giving the "I Have a Dream Speech" becoming one of the most iconic moments in all of history -
The Ku Klux Klan bombs 16th Street Baptist Church killing 4 young girls. -
On November 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy got assassinated and Vice President Lyndon Johnson took over as president -
The 24th Amendment, prohibiting any poll tax in elections -
This act prohibits the discrimination of race, sex, religion, or national origin. -
The murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner, were 3 civil right activists who were abducted and murdered. -
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed the discriminatory voting practices in many southern states -
A series of 3 marches from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to protest black Americans right to vote -
An African American minister in the civil rights movement and supporter of black nationalism assassinated in 1965 -
An African American organization founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale. This organizations purpose was to patrol black neighborhoods and protect the neighborhoods from police. -
A follow of to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1968 prohibits discrimination of sale, rental, or financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, and gender -
Martin Luther King Jr, a leader in the civil rights movement and one of the most influential civil rights activists, was assassinated in 1968