Civil Rights

By Nariah J

  • President Truman

    President Truman approves hydrogen bomb construction

  • Korean War

    A war to "liberate" the North from the communists

  • Dwight Eisenhower

    He elected President

  • James Watson and Francis Crick

    DNA Double Helix Discovered

  • Brown vs. Board of Education

    Ending racial segregation in public schools.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white man

  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    Him and many other civil rights leaders stood together to fight against racial discrimination and segregation.

  • "Little Rock Nine"

    Blocked from integrating into Little Rock Central High School

  • Ruby Bridges

    She was escorted into school by four armed federal marshals