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Civil War Ends
Slaves are set free and become considered people, not property. -
Malcolm X Born
On this day Malcolm X was born. Second most influential man fighitng for Black's rights, only losing out ot MLK. -
MLK was Born
On this day Martin Luther King Jr. was born in ATL, Georgia. Little did his parents know he would be an extremely influetial factor not only in the Civil Rights Era, but in the history of the world. -
CORE (Congress of Racial Equality)
Founded this year. -
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CORE launches freedom rides
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Truman signs 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." -
Brown Vs. Board
Board of Education that is. -
Hernandez Vs. Texas
Hernandez vs. Texas -
Emmet Till
Murdered -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A bus was boycotted by blacks in Montgomery, AL -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to sit on the back of the bus. -
Little Rock 9
9 Black Children attempt to go to Little Rock High School, It was previoulsy a White Only high school. -
Joseph McNeill sit-in at Counter
He led a sit in at a lunch counter in North Carolina. -
N.C. Sit in
4 Black students in N.C. boldly sit in at a segregated lunch counter -
SNCC founded
The Student's Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was founded. -
James Meredith enrolls at U of Miss
James Meredith enrolls at the Universtiy of Mississippi. He is the first black student to enroll there. -
Medgar Evers murdered
Mississippi's NAACP field secretary, 37-year-old Medgar Evers, is murdered outside his home Read more: Civil Rights Movement Timeline (14th Amendment, 1964 Act, Human Rights Law) — Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html#ixzz1rK1WcLi1 -
March On Watching MLK
MLK delivers his "I have a dream" Specch. -
Sixteenth Baptist church Bombed
The Sixteenth Baptist Church is bombed in Birnmingham, Alabama. -
JFK Assasination
Lyndon B Johnson takes Presidency -
24th Amendment
the 24th Amendment abolishes the Poll Tax that made it difficult for poor black to vote. -
Civil Rights Act
Civil Rights Act enacted this day. Outlawed Discriminatino -
Malcolm X Killed
Malcolm X is assasinated in Harlem. The shooter is said to be of his own faith, Muslim. -
MLK March Selma-> Montgomery
MLK and others march from Selma to Montgomery, AL in protest over voting rights. -
Voting Rights Act
Outlawed discriminatory voting practices. -
Watts Riots
5 day riots started by wrongful arresting of a black man. -
Black Panther Party Founded
African-American organizaton that fought for "Black Power" -
MLK Assasinated
MLK is assasinated in Memphis, Tenessee. James Earl Ray is convicted for the crime -
Civil Rights Act of 1968,
Prohibits discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
Signed by president Johnson.
