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Missouri v. ex rel Gaines
Required University of Missouri Law School to either admit African Americans or build another fully equal law school. -
Executive Order 8802
Banned racial discrimination in defense industry and government offices established Fair Employment Practices Committee to investigate violations. -
Morgan v. Virginia
Ruled that segregation on interests buses violated federal law and created an "undue burden" on interstate commerce. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Declared "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal" and overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and the "separate but equal" doctrine as applied to public schools. -
Brown v. Board of Education II
Ordered school desegregation to begin with "all deliberate speed," but offered no timetable -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil-rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating. -
Civil Rights Act
Created Civil Rights Department within the Justice Department. -
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
The March on Washington was a massive protest march. The event aimed to draw attention to continuing challenges and inequalities faced by African Americans a century after emancipation. It was also the occasion of Martin Luther King Jr.’s now-iconic “I Have A Dream” speech. -
Civil Rights Act
Prohibited discrimination in employment and most places of public accommodation on basis of race, color, religion,sex or national origin, outlawed bias in federally assisted programs, created Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. -
Voting Rights Act
Authorized federal supervision of voter registration in states and countries where fewer than half of voting age residents were registered, outlawed literacy tests
