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Executive Order 8802
The Executive Order 8802 was signed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. This Executive was to prohibit ethnic and racial discrimination in the nation´s defense industry. Also it was made to set up Fair Employment Practice Committee. -
Jackie Robinson’s MLB Debut
Jackie Robinson was 28 years old when he made his Major League baseball debut with the team called Dodgers, against the Boston Braves. This game was played at Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, New York. Robinson played first base and went zero for three at the plate. -
Executive Order 9981
The Executive Order 9981 was issued by President Harry S. Truman. This executive order was created to abolish discrimination. Some like on ¨the basis of race, color, religion or national origin¨ in the United States armed forces. Later this order led to the end of segregation in the services. -
Brown v. Board of Education Court Case is Decided
In May of the year 1954 The Brown v. Board of Education was decided. Warren wrote that “in the field of public education the doctrine of ‘separate but equal’ has no place,” as segregated schools are “inherently unequal.” After that being said, the Plaintiffs were being ¨deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the 14th amendment.¨ -
Lynching of Emmett Till
Emmett Till was a African American who was lynched in Mississippi at the age of 14. He was accused of offending a white women who was the grocery store cashier. Four days later they kidnapped him dragged him to the bank of Tallahatchie, beat him, shot him in the head, and tied barbed wire to a metal fan and shoved his body into the water. His Mother requested a open casket view for five days for justice. -
Bus Boycott in Montgomery Begins
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civilized protest in which African Americans refused to ride the City buses in Montgomery, Alabama. The Boycott lasted a year and 15 days. It was regarded as the first large scale U.S demonstration against segregation. -
Creation of the SCLC
Some known individuals like Martin Luther King, Ralph Abernathy, Fred Shuttlesworth, and many more founded the SCLC to have a regional organization. This organization could better coordinate civil rights protest activities across the south. -
Little Rock Nine First Escorted to School
The first day of school, a white mob gathered in front of the school. Governor Orval Faubus deployed the Arkansas national guard to prevent the blacks from entering the school. This crisis is considered to be one of the most important events in African American Civil rights movement. -
Greensboro sit-ins begin
The Greensboro sit-in was act of non- violent protest against a segregated lunch counter. The Protest occurred at Woolsworth´s Lunch counter. This lunch counter was for whites only. These four brave men refused to leave until they were served. It was not a easy task, but they remained calm through all the Violence, name calling, and food throwing. -
Freedom Riders are attacked in Anniston, Alabama
The Freedom Riders were attacked by armed Klansmen and other terrorists in Anniston, Alabama. There were beatings and a firebombings of the Anniston- bound bus by the Ku Klux Klan. The Klu Klux Klan members had full support of law enforcement and politicians. -
James Meredith Enrolls at Ole Miss
James Meredith enrolled into the all white University of Mississippi. Meredith was the first African American student to enroll at ¨Ole Miss.¨ Riots erupted on Campus of the University of Mississippi in Oxyford. Local students, and segregationists had gathered to protest his enrollment. -
University of Alabama is Integrated
Governor Wallace yielded to the federal pressure, African American students Vivian Malone and James A. Hood successfully enrolled. In September of the same year. Wallace again attempted to block the desegregation of an Alabama public school, this time Tuskegee High School in Huntsville, but President Kennedy once again employed his executive authority and federalized National Guard troops. -
“I Have A Dream” Speech is Delivered
African American civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. requested for Civil and economic rights and end to racism in the United States. This speech attracted 250,000 people for a peaceful demonstration to promote civil rights and economic equality for Blacks. -
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
The Birmingham Church occurred on September 15, 1963. A bomb exploded before church service . Four girls were killed and many other were injured. The outrage over these incident brought national attention and also struggles among civil rights and African Americans. -
Twenty-Fourth Amendment to the Constitution Ratified
The Twenty Fourth Amendment outlawed the poll tax as a voting requirement in federal elections, by a vote of 295 to 86. -
Signing of the Civil Rights Act
The act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. This act prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal. -
March on Selma Begins
Martin Luther King led thousands of nonviolent protesters in Montgomery, Alabama. This march lasted for 5 days and 54 miles. A group of 600 people set out from Selma aimed at asking the right to vote to all African Americans and the end of racial segregation, which was still present in some states in the South. -
Signing of the Voting Rights Act
This act was signed into law by president Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. -
Loving v. Virginia Court Case is Decided
In 1958, two residents of Virginia, Mildred Jeter, a black woman, and Richard Loving, a white man, were married in the District of Columbia. The Loving´s returned to Virginia shortly thereafter. The couple was then charged with antimiscegenation statute, which banned inter-racial marriages. The Loving´s were found guilty and sentenced to a year in jail. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed on the second floor balcony at Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was shot at the moment where he was intended to lead a march by striking sanitation workers. His assassination led to more than 100 American cities and they began rioting, looting, and many more violence based things.
