Civil Rights- Jack Kavey

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  • President Truman's Executive Order

    President Harry Truman issued an Executive Order to end segregation in the Armed Services, allowing black males to join the Armed Services.

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    A case that was taken on by the Supreme Court, ending racial segregation in public schools. Many schools, however, remained segregated.

  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on an Alabama bus. Her defiance sparked a year-long bus boycott.

  • Southern States Leaders Meet

    Sixty black pastors and civil rights leaders from several southern states, including Martin Luther King, Jr., met in Atlanta to coordinate nonviolent protests against racial segregation.

  • Little Rock Nine

    Nine black students known as the “Little Rock Nine,” were blocked from entering Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. President Dwight D. Eisenhower sent army troops to escort the students into and around the school.

  • Eisenhower Signs the Civil Rights Act

    Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957 into law to help protect voter rights. The law allowed federal prosecution to anyone who tried to suppress another persons right to vote.

  • Woolsworth's Lunch Counter

    Four black college students in Greensboro, North Carolina refused to leave an, all white, Woolworth’s lunch counter without being served. Their nonviolent demonstration sparked similar “sit-ins” throughout the nation.

  • Governor George C. Wallace

    Governor George C. Wallace stood in a doorway at the University of Alabama to block two black students from enrolling. Eventually President John F. Kennedy sends the National Guard to the campus to end the tomfoolery.

  • March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

    Approximately 250,000 people took part in The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Martin Luther King gave the closing address in front of the Lincoln Memorial delivering his famous "I Have a Dream Speech"

  • 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing

    A bomb at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama killed four young girls and injures several other people. The bombing led to angry protests.

  • President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act

    President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, preventing employment discrimination due to race, color, sex, religion or national origin. He created the "Equal Employment Opportunity Commission"

  • Malcolm X Assassination

    Black religious leader Malcolm X was assassinated during a rally by the Nation of Islam.

  • Selma- Montgomery March

    In the Selma to Montgomery March, around 600 civil rights marchers walked to Selma to Montgomery to protest of black voter being oppressed. Police blocked and brutally attack the marchers. Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders led two more marches and eventually successfully reached Montgomery on March 25.

  • President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act

    August 6, 1965: President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to prevent the use of literacy tests as a voting requirement.

  • Martin Luther King Jr Assassination

    Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on the balcony of his hotel room in Tennessee.

  • President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act

    President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968, also known as the Fair Housing Act, providing equal housing opportunity regardless of race, religion or national origin.