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Executive Order 9981
"It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin." - President Truman -
Civil Rights Movement Map
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Before and After 1960
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Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus to a white man who was standing as all the ‘white’ seats had been taken. She was arrested and on December 5th, a boycott of the buses started that lasted for 381 days. Later the Supreme Court ruled that segregation on buses was unconstitutional. This illegal ruling is seen as being of great significance in civil rights history. -
Rosa Parks Cont.
Parks was given the title “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement" – though it is a title she is modest about. “Four decades later I am still uncomfortable with the credit given to me for starting the bus boycott. I would like (people) to know I was not the only person involved. I was just one of many who fought for freedom." - Rosa Parks -
SCLC
MLK, Charles K. Steele, and Fred L. Shuttlesworth establish the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, of which King is made the first president. The SCLC becomes a major force in organizing the civil rights movement and bases its principles on nonviolence and civil disobedience. According to King, it is essential that the civil rights movement not sink to the level of the racists who oppose them: 1957 Jan. - Feb. -
Central High School Incident
(Little Rock, Ark.) Formerly all-white Central High School learns that integration is easier said than done. Nine black students are blocked from entering the school on the orders of Governor Orval Faubus. President Eisenhower sends federal troops and the National Guard to intervene on behalf of the students, who become known as the "Little Rock Nine." - 1957 sept. -
Medgar Evers Death
Jackson, Miss.) Mississippi's NAACP field secretary, 37-year-old Medgar Evers, is murdered outside his home. During this time jackson was at a state of racial unrest. - 1960s -
John F Kennedy serves as President and fights for civil rights (1961-1963)
Kennedy defined the civil rights crisis as moral, as well as constitutional and legal. He announced that major civil rights legislation would be submitted to the Congress to guarantee equal access to public facilities, to end segregation in education, and to provide federal protection of the right to vote. (1961-1963) -
MLK is arrested
Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham 1963 -
"I have a dream speech"
"I Have a Dream" is a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, in which he calls for an end to racism in the United States and called for civil and economic rights. -
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Incident
Four young girls (Denise McNair, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson, and Addie Mae Collins) attending Sunday school are killed when a bomb explodes at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, a popular location for civil rights meetings. Riots erupt in Birmingham, leading to the deaths of two more black youths. -
24th Amendment
The 24th Amendment abolishes the poll tax, which originally had been instituted in 11 southern states after Reconstruction to make it difficult for poor blacks to vote. This is another way of segregation limiting the blacks on voting rights. We are restricting them so there voices aren't heard in our dominant white world. -
Malcom X Death
Civil Rights Activist, Malcolm X, is shot to death by members of the Black Muslim faith which Malcolm had just left for Orthodox Muslim. -
Significance of Malcolm X
Between 1960 and 1965, Malcolm X emerged as a leading voice in the civil rights movement. Originally a minister in the Nation of Islam , Malcolm later set up his own mosque, while developing his own ideas regarding religion and race. At a time of great social change for black Americans, his opinions were tremendously significant in many respects, not least as an orator, an organizer, a religious reformer and an inspirational figure for so many. -
Black Panther party
The Formation of the Black Panther party. The party was formed in 1966 in California. It’s original purpose was to patrol black neighborhoods and fight back against police brutality. This party than reached into more political affairs and would try to push for laws that would help their mission. -
Interracial Marriage
In Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court rules that prohibiting interracial marriage is unconstitutional. Sixteen states that still banned interracial marriage at the time are forced to revise their laws. Interracial marriage was important because it's another way of segregation on the blacks prohibiting to be with white women. Another restriction the blacks had to undergo, saying it's unconstitutional, is freedom for the blacks. Another way they can be truly accepted into society. -
MLK Dead
Martin Luther King was shot 1968 -
Rodney King Riots
Rodney king ran away as police chased him in a high speed chase. He eventually surrendered. Once he surrendered he brutally beaten by the police with their batons for almost 2 minutes. Somehow the video of Rodney being beaten was released and caused nonstop riots in Los Angeles for 5 days. -
Million Man March
Louis Farrakhan a major player in many events in the 1970’s. The main goal was to get black men to feel more united and to show how successful they could be. This event turned out to be a huge success more than a million men all walked and this than inspired the Million Woman march. -
Obama Becoming President
January 20 2008 Obama is inaugurated as president. Although he wasn’t the first African American to run for presidency, he was the first to succeed and then went off to earn a second term. While running for president he was able to get many young people to actually vote and play a part in the election. -
Ferguson Riots
When 18 year old Michael Brown was shot by officer Darren Wilson. Almost exactly a day after riots immediately started up. This was a huge riot it lasted about 17 days and caused 26 million dollars in damage in Ferguson. What made this so different was the employment of martial law and how outside forces such as hackers were able to have a huge impact on the riots.
