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Executive Order 9981
Harry S. Truman ordered to desegregate the military for the honor of the Tuskegee Airmen. This is the second government act that acted on Civil Rights. -
Greensboro Sit-ins
In February 1, 1960 four students went and sat at an all-white table, asking to be served. The servers retaliated and others try to beaten, while they stood with no emotion. This prompted other similar protests, whist leading to the lunch counter being desegregated. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Congress passed the act to make laws segregation in public spaces illegal. This includes Jim Crow laws, in which many African Americans rejoiced for their freedom. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This act makes poll taxes and literacy texts illegal to do for any race, another big step in the Civil Rights Movement. This specifically increased employment for African Americans. -
Project Deep
St. George Rosenwald School in South Carolina was one of the schools that was built from the Rosenwald School Program during the Progressive Era. During 1967-1969, this school was used as the home of this project, in which segregated schools were turned into integrated schools in the Dochester County. -
Busing program of Delaware
Due to the excessive white flight, the federal court decided to diversify the schools. However, this didn’t stop the white population from declining