Civil Rights Overview

By LouieSchramm

  • 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