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Executive Order 9981
“It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin. This policy shall be put into effect as rapidly as possible, having due regard to the time required to effectuate any necessary changes without impairing efficiency or morale.”- President Truman. -
Brown VS Board of Education
“The states of the nation do not have the right to separate Negro and white pupils in different public schools. By a unanimous 9-0 vote, the high court held that such segregation of the races is unconstitutional. Chief Justice Warren read the historic decision to a packed but hushed gallery of spectators nearly two years after Negro residents of four states and the District of Columbia went before the court to challenge the principle of segregation.”- Supreme Court -
The Murder of Emmett Till
On August 28, 1955, Emmett Louis Till was abducted from the home of his uncle, Mose Wright, near Money, Mississippi. A body was recovered three days later in the nearby Tallahatchie River, which divides Tallahatchie and Leflore Counties, and the body was closer to the Tallahatchie bank of the river. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
“Years before the boycott, Dexter Avenue minister Vernon Johns sat down in the "whites-only" section of a city bus. When the driver ordered him off the bus, Johns urged other passengers to join him. On March 2, 1955”.- Claudette Colvin -
Little Rock Nine
“On September 4, just 24 hours after a federal judge ordered the Little Rock Nine to begin attending Central High immediately, a belligerent mob, along with the National Guard, again prevented the teens from entering the school.”- William W. Rogers -
Freedom Rights
Between 1940 and 1974, the number of African American farmers fell from 681,790 to just 45,594--a drop of 93 percent. In his hard-hitting book, historian Pete Daniel analyzes this decline and chronicles black farmers' fierce struggles to remain on the land in the face of discrimination by bureaucrats in the U.S. Department of Agriculture. -
Birmingham Campaign
In creating comparison
between print media, photojournalism and television broadcasts we can see how
certain media worked with or against the movement, and ultimately how large their
role was within the events of Birmingham.- -
March on Washington
"March On Washington Commanded by Communist," Heads Up No. 2 August/September 1963; Committee on Un-American Activities; Records of the U.S. House of Representatives, Record Group 233; National Archives Building, Washington, DC. -
Freedom Summer
"Julian and I in the Communications office of the SNCC office on Hunter Street were in essence the "pulling-together place" for reports so that we could reliably summarize events and share actualities with journalists. Julian would often leave at about 4 pm (for dinner with his wife and kids), saying to me, "So long, Mary. You're in charge." -
Civil Rights Act
“ ‘Civil rights’ bills have been enacted against the South before,” said the organization in a statement.
“And they have been beaten back—not through supine acquaintance but through organized sociology ‐ economic and political unity!”
