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The ruling in this Supreme Court case upheld a Louisiana state law that allowed for "equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races." -
The European Theatre of World War II stretched across the entire continent, from the Atlantic Ocean to the Ural Mountains. -
first African American to play Major League Baseball in the modern era. -
Harry S. Truman. It abolished racial discrimination in the United States Armed Forces and eventually led to the end of segregation in the services. Mandated the desegregation of the U.S. military. -
signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States -
The supreme court decided to overturn Plessy v. Ferguson, as Separate is inherently unequal. -
in Mississippi Evers became the first martyr to the 1960s civil rights movement, and his death was a turning point for many in the struggle for equality, infusing other civil rights leaders with renewed determination to continue their struggle despite the violent threats being made against them. -
Rosa Parks,when she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. -
President Eisenhower. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 hastened the end of legal Jim Crow. It secured African Americans equal access to restaurants, transportation, and other public facilities -
The Greensboro Four. Greensboro, North Carolina. Because of their courage, principles, and persistence, they have become legends in North Carolina history. -
launched the Freedom Rides to challenge segregation on interstate buses and bus terminals. -
It abolished and forbids the federal and state governments from imposing taxes on voters during federal elections. -
With his admission to the University of Mississippi in 1962, James Meredith became one of the heroic figures in the American Civil Rights Movement, succeeding against every legal -
marking the beginning of school desegregation in the state and moving forward a comprehensive federal civil rights act. -
"I have a Dream" speech, the words of Martin Luther King, Jr. influenced the Federal government to take more direct actions to more fully realize racial equality. -
President Kennedy may have been reluctant to push ahead with civil rights legislation, but millions of African Americans forged ahead. Eventually, the administration was compelled to act. -
The act outlawed segregation in businesses such as theaters, restaurants, and hotels. -
Malcolm's death signaled the beginning of bitter battles involving proponents of the ideological alternatives the two men represented. -
the marches from Selma to Montgomery caused the Federal Government to take action. -
When Congress enacted the Voting Rights Act of 1965, it determined that racial discrimination in voting had been more prevalent in certain areas of the country. -
The Voting Rights Act of 1965, similar to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, prohibited racial discrimination in voting. The Act was later expanded to help protect the right to vote for racial minorities throughout the country -
prompted major outbreaks of racial violence, resulting in more than 40 deaths nationwide and extensive property damage in over 100 American cities. -
The media coined the name “Little Rock Nine" to identify the first African American students to desegregate Little Rock Central High School.