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The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) was founded by a group of activists in New York. Originally called themselves National Negro Committee.
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President Truman issues executive order that ends segregation in the Armed Services.
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The Supreme Court case that ended racial segregation in public schools, however many schools remained segregated.
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus. Her action prompted a year-long movement called the Montgomery bus boycott.
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SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) was founded in North Carolina. Later changed their name to Student National Coordinating Committee.
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About 250,000 people take part of a march for jobs and freedom. MLK gave the "I have a dream" speech.
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President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Prevents employment discrimination based on sex, color, race, religion, and origin.
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Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to prevent literacy tests, poll taxes, and the grandfather clause from disenfranchising targeted groups.
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Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee by James Earl Ray.
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President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968. This stopped discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of a house.
