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Harry Truman is President
Truman became president with the death of FDR. He worked to integrate the armed services through Exective Order -
Eisenhower is Elected
Eisenhower believed that Civil Rights were not an issue that could be pushed by the government. His support of Civil Rights is because its the Presidents job to enforce the law. -
Brown v . Board
United States Supreme Court handed down its ruling in the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. The Court’s unanimous decision overturned provisions of the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decision, which had allowed for “separate but equal” public facilities, including public schools in the United States. -
Death of Emmett Till
While visiting family in Money, Mississippi, 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, is brutally murdered for flirting with a white woman. The all-white jury deliberated for less than an hour before issuing a verdict of “not guilty,” -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating. Days before the boycott began, Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, refused to yield her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus. She was arrested and fined. The boycott of public buses by blacks in Montgomery began. -
Central High Was Integrated
When 8 African Americans wanted to be enrolled in Central High School. The school became intergrated and some people were not happy. Only one out of the 8 kids graduated. -
Race riots occur in major U.S. cities
Were the direct result of the grievances of minority racial groups. They started when a person was killed or injured and other people thought it was unjust abd prejudicial. Broke out in the big cities -
CORE Lunch Counter Sit-Ins
Four black college students sat down at a "white-only" department store lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. When the restaurant refused these students service, they remained seated until the store closed for the evening. The students maintained their protest until they forced the store to close its doors -
JFK is Elected
JFK captured the vote of African Americans who had voted Republican since the Civil War. His promise of racial equality and support od King Jr. brought blacks in all out support of JFK. -
Freedom Rides Begin
When African Americans rode busses from town to try and get their rights. The busses got bombed and violences broke out -
Intergrating "Ole Miss"
James Meredith attempted to enroll in the University of Mississippi. Chaos broke out ending with 2 death and hundreds wounded. The case settled in Merediths Favor -
March on Washington
More than 200,000 Americans gathered in Washington, D.C., for a political rally known as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The march, which became a key moment in the growing struggle for civil rights in the United States. -
LBJ becomes President
LBJ becomes president with the assassination of JFK. He passes the Civil Rights Legislation that JFK could not pass in Congress. -
Freedom Summer
Voter registration project in Mississippi to expand black voting in the south. Managed to register 12 hundered. -
Civil Rights Act 1964
Ending segregation in Public places. Banning employment discrimination on race, color, sex, religon or national origin. -
Malcolm X is assassinated
Malcolm X joined the Black Muslims while in jail. He would become their best known speaker. He supported Black Power and separation from whites. His pilgrmage to Mecca showed him Islam was a relgion of compassion and peace. He returned to the U.S. preaching a message of co-existence earning him the distrust of the Black Muslims leading to his Assassination -
Voting Rights Act 1965
Aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment (1870) to the Constitution of the United States. -
James Edmund Groppi
Groppi took part in dozens of demonstrations that eventually led to passage of fair housing laws in most Wisconsin cities. He and a thousand followers took over the Wisconsin State Assembly in -
James Edmund Groppi
Groppi took part in dozens of demonstrations that eventually led to passage of fair housing laws in most Wisconsin cities. He and a thousand followers took over the Wisconsin State Assembly in -
March on Milwaukee
Tension was running high in Milwaukee neighborhoods just north of the central business district. Groups of youths were wandering the streets and rocks and bottles had randomly been tossed at police. A small disturbance at a dance at the Saint Francis Social Club located at North Fourth Street and West Brown Street spread throughout the African American communities of the city.These riots resulted in widespread looting, fires, and sniping. -
Nixon Is Elected
Nixon appeals to Southners as an alternative to JFK and LBJ Civil RIghts Policies. The Nixon administration will slow down the Civil Rights Movement. -
Civil Rights Act 1968
Popularly known as the Fair Housing Act–prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin and sex. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King
Shock waves reverberated around the world with the news that U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. had been assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. A Baptist minister and founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, King had led the civil rights movement since the mid-1950s, using a combination of powerful words and non-violent tactics such as sit-ins, boycotts and protest marches to fight segregation and achieve significant legislative achievement of the civil rights era.
