6.1 Civil Rights Timeline

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  • Roosevelt's Order 8802 Stop Job Discrimination

    Roosevelt's Order 8802 Stop Job Discrimination
    Roosevelt made the executive order 8802 to stop job discrimination in defense industries. This order declared that there would not be any discrimination towards people of color nor because or race, or national origin.

  • Truman's Order 9981 Abolished Racial Segregation in the Military

    Truman's Order 9981 Abolished Racial Segregation in the Military
    Truman's executive order 9981 was made in order to abolish racial segregation in the U.S military. This was made so that everyone can have equal treatment in the army.

  • Eisenhower's Brown v. Board of education

    Eisenhower's Brown v. Board of education
    While Eisenhower was president the Brown v. Board of education occur where this case was arguing that there should no segregation violation in schools. That schools should be opened for everyone.

  • Kennedy's Freedom Riders

    Kennedy's Freedom Riders
    While John F. Kenndy was president, the Freedom Riders started which was a civil rights activists movement where civil rights activists rode interstate buses into the segregated southern US.

  • Johnson's Great Society

    Johnson's Great Society
    President Lyndon B. Johnson proposed the Great Society in order to fight poverty and promote civil rights. This great society provided medical insurance for people over 65 and also started school programs.

  • Nixon's New Federalism

    Nixon's New Federalism
    When Richard Nixon was president he created the New Federalism with was a program that intended to reduce federal power by returning more decisions to the state and local government through revenue sharing.