Civil rights Era

By andrewame
  • Desegregating the U.S. Military

    Desegregating the U.S. Military

    President Harry Truman signed Executive Order 9981, ending segregation in the U.S. military and ensuring equal treatment for all service members. video
  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education

    he Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional, overturning Plessy v. Ferguson and declaring “separate but equal” unlawful. video
  • Emmett Till is Murdered

    Emmett Till is Murdered

    14-year-old Emmett Till was brutally murdered in Mississippi for allegedly whistling at a white woman. His open-casket funeral brought national attention to racial violence. video
  • Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Rosa Parks refused to give up her bus seat to a white passenger in Montgomery, Alabama, sparking a year-long bus boycott and launching Martin Luther King Jr. as a civil rights leader. video
  • Little Rock Nine

    Little Rock Nine

    Nine Black students attempted to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, facing violent opposition. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to enforce desegregation. video
  • Greensboro Sit-ins

    Greensboro Sit-ins

    Four Black college students staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter in North Carolina, inspiring similar protests nationwide.
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  • Freedom Rides

    Freedom Rides

    Interracial groups rode buses across the South to challenge segregation laws, facing violence but bringing attention to the need for federal intervention. video
  • Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta Form the NFWA

    Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta Form the NFWA

    Chavez and Huerta co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) to advocate for labor rights, especially for Latino agricultural workers. video
  • MLK’s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"

    MLK’s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"

    Martin Luther King Jr. wrote this letter while imprisoned, defending nonviolent protest and condemning racial injustice. video
  • March on Washington & "I Have a Dream" Speech

    March on Washington & "I Have a Dream" Speech

    Over 250,000 people gathered in Washington, D.C., where MLK delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech advocating racial equality. video
  • Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique

    Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique

    Friedan’s book challenged traditional gender roles and ignited the second wave of feminism in the U.S.
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  • Civil Rights Act Passed

    Civil Rights Act Passed

    The Civil Rights Act outlawed segregation and discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. video
  • Voting Rights Act Passed

    Voting Rights Act Passed

    This law banned literacy tests and other barriers that prevented African Americans from voting.
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  • Malcolm X Assassinated

    Malcolm X Assassinated

    Malcolm X, a former Nation of Islam leader and Black empowerment advocate, was assassinated in New York.
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  • The Death of MLK

    The Death of MLK

    Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, sparking nationwide riots. video