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Executive Order 9981
President Harry Truman issues Executive Order 9981 to end segregation in the Armed Services. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
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Rosa parks bus situation
rosa parks was arrested because she refused to give up her seat to a white person.
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President Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act of 1965
Prevented the use of literacy tests as a voting requirement.
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Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1957
This is to help protect voting rights and allows federal prosecution of those who suppress another’s right to vote.
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Greensboro sit-ins
Four African American college students in Greensboro do “sit-ins” -
Freedom Riders
These riders would take bus trips to protest segregation around America.
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March on Birmingham
More than 1000 African American children march to protest segregation in schools. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement-timeline -
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A bomb at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham
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President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law.
Preventing employment discrimination due to race, color, sex, religion or national origin.
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Bloody Sunday
this happened during the Selma to Montgomery march.
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President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968
Also known as the Fair Housing Act, providing equal housing opportunity regardless of race, religion or national origin.
https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement-timeline
