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Executive Order 9981
Abolished racial segregation in the armed focers and led to the end of segregation in all government services. -
Little Rock Nine
National Guard troops were sent in to intergrate a highschool and to protect the first nine african american students that were going there. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Declared making sperate schools for blacks and whites is unconstitutional. -
Emmitt Till
14 year old black boy who was murdered in Mississippi after whistling at a white lady -
Rosa Parks Arrest
Rosa parks was arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man, this incident sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which lasted for a year. -
SCLC
African American Civil Rights organization, first president was MLK -
Woolworth sit-ins
African americans protested racial segregatio in diners in North Carolina by taking up space and not ordering. -
SNCC
Student organizations in the north that helped the african american population in the deep south. -
Freedom Riders
Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses to the segregated south. -
James Meredith
Civil rights writer and activist, 1960’s -
“Bull” Connor uses fire hoses on black demonstrators
Led to a new way to disperse protesters, persecute and attack them on the streets of southern cities. -
Letter From Birmingham Jail
MLK wrote a letter while in Birmingham to his fellow clergymen in response to critisism and also talking about future course of action in the Civil Rights movemement. -
March on Washington
One of the largest humanitarian marches in Washington D.C. where MLK had his "I have a dream speech". -
16th Street Baptist Church Bombing
KKK bombs black meeting church and kills 4 little girls -
24th ammendment
Abbolished a poll tax in the U.S. where southern states could prohibit or try and hinder african americans from voting. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Act in 1964 that outlawed major acts of discrimination against racial, ethnic, and religious groups -
Murders of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner
three young civil rights workers—a 21-year-old black Mississippian, James Chaney, and two white New Yorkers, Andrew Goodman, 20, and Michael Schwerner, 24—were murdered near Philadelphia. -
Voting rights act of 1965
Landmark law that prohibits state-led, racial discrimination in voting. -
Malcolm X Assinated
Malcolm X was killed in New York City. -
LA Race Riots
60 day unrest in Watts Neighborhood -
Executive Order 11246
Executive Order about money with blacks -
Black Panthers Founded
The Black Panthers organization was founded. -
Loving vs. Virginia
Court case which argued over inter-racial marraige, further development towards racial integration. -
Bloody Sunday
The Selma to Montgomery marches, also known as Bloody Sunday and the two marches that followed, were marches and protests held in 1965 that marked the political and emotional peak of the American civil rights movement. -
MLK Assassination
Martin Luther King, Jr. was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader of the African-American civil rights movement -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Provided for equal housing opportunities regardless of race -
Voting rights act of 1991
Law provided the right to trial by jury for discrimination claims. -
Los Angeles Race Riots
Series of riots, lootings, arsons and civil disturbance that occurred following a police brutality video.