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This is the 1940's decade.
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Truman Library - Executive Order 9981Following this federal order, the Armed Forces were now desegregated, and allowed for African-Americans to receive fair and equal treatment.
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This is the 1950's decade.
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HERNANDEZ V. STATE OF TEXASThis ruling favored the 14th Admendment in the context of defending racial groups beyond that of Caucasian and African-American.
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Bolling v. Sharpe | CasebriefsBrown v Board of Education National Historic SiteBoth cases led to the desegration of the schooling system and overthrew the Plessy v. Ferguson decision.
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NTEU Black History Month:Executive OrdersWith this federal ruling, Dwight D. Eisenhower made sure that racial groups could not be discriminated in a work environment.
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Georgia Board of Education fires hundreds of teachers supporting education integration.
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All Black Teaching members of the NAACP are fired by Georgia's Board of Education.
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Rosa Parks Bus - The Story Behind the BusRosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus, thus igniting the year-long bus boycott.
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Governors of Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina and Virginia agree to block integration of schools.
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Tallahassee black community boycotts buses for desegregation, 1956-57The Tallahassee, Florida bus boycott begins
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The Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights is created in Birmingham, Alabama.
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This is the 1960's decade.
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www.nps.gov/nhl/themes/Public Accom.pdfSegregated transportation facilities is ruled unconstitutional by U.S. Supreme Court.
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Two black churches used by SNCC for voter registration meetings are burned in Sasser, Georgia.
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JFK personally desegrated Government Funded Housing.
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Letter from a Birmingham Jail [King, Jr.]King's Letter from Birmingham Jail is completed.
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JFK / The Kennedy Assassination Home PagePresident Kennedy is assassinated.
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Discrimination in a workplace could not be made from color, race, ethnicity, or relgion of that individual.
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Martin Luther King Jr. - BiographyMartin Luther King, Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his active duty in the Civil Rights Movement.
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Malcolm X is shot to death in Manhattan, New York, supposedly by the Nation of Islam!
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Our Documents - Voting Rights Act (1965)Signed by Lyndon B. Johnson, this took away literacy test, poll taxes, and other forms and means of restrictions in voting for racial minorities.
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The Detroit Riots of 1967: EventsThe Detroit riot erupts in Detroit, Michigan, unnecessarily killing, injuring, and arresting many individuals, for their celebration for the returning Vietnam Veterans. The cause of this is the club's non-lincenseship.
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Assassination of Martin Luther King JrDr. Martin Luther King is shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee by James Earl Ray.
