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President Truman Ends Military Segregation
President Truman issued an Executive Order ending segregation in all armed forces. -
Brown vs Board of Education
Brown fought for equal right in school, it also would help segregation in other facilities. -
Rosa Parks and the bus incident
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person, her arrest started a revolt on the buses. -
The Founding of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Martin Luther King, Charles Steele, and Fred Shuttlesworth founded the SCLC. The SCLC would soon become a major force of nonviolent change in the U.S. -
Integration Attempts in Little Rock, Arkansas
Nine black students tried to integrate into Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. However, after being blocked they were eventually escorted to and from school everyday by federal troops under the orders of President Eisenhower -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Eisenhower signs an act allowing for federal prosecution of people who try to suppress colored/ethnic peoples voting rights. -
The Greensboro four
Four colleges student started a sit-in movement after purchasing items and the store they sat in the "whites only" area. These protest went on for months making there way to other cities. -
Freedom Rides
A group of seven African Americans and 6 whites got on a bus and traveled on the interstate highway visiting segregated stations. These buses created a lot of violence and as those on the bus got hurt they would replace them. -
Letter from Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King authors the letter which would become known as the "Letter from Birmingham Jail." The letter would go on to say that citizens have the moral obligation to disobey unjust laws. -
Wallace's Standoff against Two Colored Students
Governor Wallace of Alabama attempted to block the registration of two black students to the University of Alabama. The standoff continued until John F. Kennedy sent the National Guard to the campus. -
March on Washington
Over 250,000 people gathered at this walk to national mall at D.C. to listen to Martin Luther King give his " I have a dream speech" which protest against equal right. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
President Lyndon B. Johnson passes the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The act establishes the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which works to prevent discrimination based on race, color, sex, religion, or national origin. It also gave the government to enforce desegregation. -
Assassination of Malcom X
Malcom spoke out on equality and rights and when he was giving a speech at the Audubon ballroom in Harlem, New York he was assassinated. -
Selma to Montgomery March
600 civil rights marchers walk from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery in protest of black voter suppression. Local police block and brutally attacked them with tear gas, clubs, and whips. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, which prohibits the use of literacy tests to determine voting eligibility. However, it also allowed federal examiners to review voter qualifications and federal observers to monitor polling. -
Watts riots
A series of violent conversions happened between police and residents of Watts causing multiple deaths and property damage. -
Loving vs Virginia
A man and woman had fled Virginia to marry because they were different colors, then once married returned causing discussion on interracial marriage. -
Dr. Martin Luther King is Assassinated
Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated on the balcony of his hotel room, by James Earl Ray. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, also known as, the Fair Housing Act. The act provided equal housing opportunity regardless of race, religion, or national origin. -
Detroit riot
A series of violent confrontations in Detroit were the cause of many deaths, injuries and destroyed buildings.