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Civil Rights History 1940-1970

By kashock
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    Civil Rights

  • First Lunch Counter Sit-Ins

    First Lunch Counter Sit-Ins

    This took place at Jack Spratt's coffee shop in Chicago, Illinos.

  • Court Banned Segregation on Interstate Bus Travel.

    New York Times

  • Race Riots

    Took place in Athens, Alabama

  • Race Riots

    This occured in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

  • The National Committee on Civil Rights is Formed

    This was done by President Harry S. Truman to take a look at racism acrross the country.

  • "Freedom Riders"

  • First Bus Boycott

    First Bus Boycott Baton Rouge, Lousiana
  • Brown vs. Board of Education Topeka, Kansas

    Brown vs. Board of Education Topeka, Kansas

  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks

    She refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. This resulted in her arrest.

  • Buses are Desegregated

  • "I Have a Dream"

    "I Have a Dream"

    "I Have a Dream" Dr. King delivers his speech in Washington DC. in front of about 200,000 people.
  • Excutive Order 11246

    Excutive Order 11246

    Issued by President Johnson to enforce affirmative action.
  • Dr. Martin Luther King is Assassinated

    Dr. Martin Luther King is Assassinated

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    Civil Rights Act of 1968

    Civil Rights Act of 1968