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Integration of Armed Forces
Integration of Armed Forces On 26 July 1948, President Harry S Truman signed Executive Order 9981, establishing the President’s Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services. It was accompanied by Executive Order 9980, which created a Fair Employment Board to eliminate racial discrimination in federal employment. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education 1954 -- U.S. Supreme Court declares school segregation unconstitutional in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka ruling. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks Rosa Parks refuses to move to the back of a Montgomery, Alabama, bus as required by city ordinance; boycott follows and bus segregation ordinance is declared unconstitutional. Federal Interstate Commerce Commission bans segregation on interstate trains and buses. -
"I Have a Dream" - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Video Photo Speech Transcript I Have a Dream - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivers "I Have a Dream" speech to hundreds of thousands at the March on Washington. -
"The Ballot or the Bullet" - Malcolm X
Audio Recording The Ballot or the Bullet "The Ballot or the Bullet" is the name of a public speech by human rights activist Malcolm X. In the speech, which was delivered on April 3, 1964, at Cory Methodist Church in Cleveland, Ohio, Malcolm advised African-Americans to judiciously exercise their right to vote.
