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Executive Order 9981
President Truman issued an executive order that desegregated the armed forces and banned racial discrimination in federal employment. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Court Case that desegregated public schools and called "separate but equal" education unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The bus boycotts protesting segregation. Organized by African-Americans after the arrest of Rosa Parks due to her refusal to give up her seat on a bus. -
Little Rock Nine
Attempted integration of Little Rock high school in Arkansas. Met with violent opposition and needed armed protection. -
Greensboro sit-ins
Four African-American students staged a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter. -
March on Washington
MLK marched to washington and delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech to a huge audience. -
Civil Rights Act
Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or nationality and prohibited segregation. -
Malcolm X Assassination
Malcolm X gets assassinated in New York -
Women's Liberation Movement
fought for eqaulity in employment, education and repro. rights -
Voting Rights Act
Signed by LBJ and was intended to overcome legal barriers at the state and local level that prevented African-Americans from voting -
Fair Housing Act
law that prohibited discrimination in the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religion, nationality or gender. -
Assassination of MLK jr.
MLK assassinated in memphis tennessee