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Segregation ends in Armed Services
President Harry Truman issues Executive Order 9981 to end segregation in the Armed Services. -
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Civil Rights Movement
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Brown vs Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education, a consolidation of five cases into one, is decided by the Supreme Court, effectively ending racial segregation in public schools. Many schools, however, remained segregated. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama bus. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1957 into law to help protect voter rights. -
I Have A Dream Speech
Martin Luther King Jr., delivered a speech to a massive group of civil rights marchers gathered around the Lincoln memorial in Washington DC. -
Malcolm X assassination
Black religious leader Malcolm X is assassinated -
Martin Luther King Jr Assassination
Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated on the balcony of his hotel room in Memphis.