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US Military troops were segregated at the beginning of the war, but by the end of the war, all races were integrated together. This was likely due to inefficiencies that segregation posed.
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This Supreme Court Ruling made discrimination and segregation in public schools illegal.
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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a public bus, which ignited the Montgomery Bus Boycott
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President John Kennedy created the Committee of Equal Employment Opportunity in attempt to affirm the government's commitment to equal opportunity for all races
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Martin Luther King Jr. delivers "I Have a Dream Speech" which was a call to end racism in the US. He delivered the speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The speech would be remembered as a defining moment in American Civic Rights Movement.
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US Civil Rights Legislation that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
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Law passed that no person shall be denied the right to vote based on racial discrimination
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The Supreme Court rules that public schools must teach English to foreign language speaking students
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Rodney King was beaten by Los Angeles Police Department and the footage was caught by a witness and aired for the world to see. There were multiple white officers charged with assault with a deadly weapon and use of excessive force, but all were acquitted.
