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President Harry S Truman issued this executive order to end discrimination in the military. (This is one of the first steps towards completely desegregating the US) Source: https://www.tumblr.com/tagged/Executive-Order-9981
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Five court cases against the schools in Topeka. Ruled Plessy v. Ferguson and "separate but equal" unconstitutional. (Provides a legal basis for the Civil Rights Movement to work on) Source: https://www.britannica.com/event/Brown-v-Board-of-Education-of-Topeka
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Nine African-American students accompanied by federal paratroopers go to school in Arkansas. (first realization of Brown v Board in the south) Source: https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/central-high-school-integration
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Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the Civil Rights Act. It protects voters' rights, and outlaws poll taxes and literacy tests. Source: http://ellabakercenter.org/blog/2010/09/53-years-ago-today-civil-rights-act-of-1957-signed
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Four African-American college students sit down at a "whites-only" lunch bar in a Woolworth's store in Greensboro, North Carolina. Nonviolent sit-ins become popular throughout the country leading to many arrests. (quickly causes the desegregation of lunch counters) Source: http://www.blackpast.org/aah/greensboro-sit-ins-1960
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Led by Martin Luther King, Jr., 250,000 take part in one of the largest nonviolent protests in the world. King gives the famous "I Have A Dream" speech. (An inspirational speech which validated the movement to many people) Source: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/08/24/214959748/did-the-march-on-washington-improve-blacks-economic-outlook
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Enacted by President Lyndon B. Johnson, the law prevented discrimination in the workplace to to race, color, sex, religion, or national origin. (Creates the president for civil rights we use today. All else will be to fulfill this promise, not to redefine it) Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
