Period 8

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    Period 8

  • Executive Order 9981

    President Truman desegregates the military

  • Brown V. Board of Education

    supreme court made ruling decision to desegregate schools

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott Begins

    MLK starts bus boycott due to Rosa Parks arrest

  • March on Washington

    250,000+ people gathered to hear MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech

  • Civil Rights Act signed

    LBJ signs Civil Rights Act of 1964

  • Bloody Sunday in Selma

    Peaceful protesters attacked

  • Assassination of MLK

    Dr. King was assassinated in Tennessee, leading to protests