Civil Rights

  • Segregation in the Armed Services ended

    Segregation in the Armed Services ended
    On July 26, 1948, President Harry Truman signed an executive order to end the apartheid of the US armed forces and said the 400-word directive to bypass Congress.
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  • Racial segregation in public schools ended

    Racial segregation in public schools ended
    On May 17, 1954, the US Supreme Court announced that public schools prohibited apartheid. It was a unanimous decision to end Oliver Brown’s ruling in the five-year case of the Topeka Board of Education in Kansas. However, not all states have accepted the Supreme Court's ruling.
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  • Montgomery bus boycott

    Montgomery bus boycott
    The Montgomery bus boycott was a civil rights protest during which African-Americans refused to take a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest against the isolation of seats. The boycott took place from December 5, 1955 to December 20, 1956, and was considered the first large-scale US demonstration against apartheid.
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  • Nonviolent protest against racial discrimination and segregation

    Nonviolent protest against racial discrimination and segregation
    Sixty black pastors and civil rights leaders from several southern states—including Martin Luther King, Jr.—meet in Atlanta, Georgia to coordinate nonviolent protests against racial discrimination and segregation.
  • Black students are blocked from integrating into school

    Black students are blocked from integrating into school
    On September 3, 1957, nine black students, nine young people from Little Rock, came to the Central High School to start classes, but they were screamed by the Arkansas National Guard (as ordered by Governor Oval Forbes) and a group of people. Threatening mob.
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  • Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act

    Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act
    On September 9, 1957, President Eisenhower signed the 1957 Civil Rights Act as the law, the first major civil rights legislation since reconstruction. It allows the federal to sue anyone who tries to stop someone from voting. It also established a committee to investigate voter fraud.