Civil Rights By 21tscarlata Jul 26, 1948 Harry Truman issues executive Order https://www.history.com/topics/civil-rights-movement/civil-rights-movement-timeline 1954 Banning of In-School Segregation https://teachinghistory.org/history-content/beyond-the-textbook/24318 1955 Rosa Parks Stand-Up http://www.ushistory.org/us/54b.asp Nov 1, 1955 Start Vietnam War http://www.ushistory.org/us/55.asp Sep 3, 1957 Showdown in Little Rock http://www.ushistory.org/us/54c.asp Sep 4, 1957 Little Rock 9 https://www.history.com/topics/civil-rights-movement/civil-rights-movement-timeline Sep 9, 1957 Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act https://www.history.com/topics/civil-rights-movement/civil-rights-movement-timeline Feb 1, 1960 The Sit-In Movement http://www.ushistory.org/us/54d.asp 1963 Assassination of Ngo Dinh Diem http://www.ushistory.org/us/55a.asp Nov 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy Assassination http://www.ushistory.org/us/54e.asp 1965 Voting Rights Act http://www.ushistory.org/us/54e.asp 1965 Operation Rolling Thunder http://www.ushistory.org/us/55b.asp Feb 21, 1965 Malcom X's Mass Rally http://www.ushistory.org/us/54h.asp Jun 5, 1966 Assassination of James Meredith http://www.ushistory.org/us/54i.asp Jun 12, 1967 Loving vs. Virginia https://www.oyez.org/cases/1966/395 Apr 4, 1968 Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. http://www.ushistory.org/us/54f.asp Apr 11, 1968 President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act https://www.history.com/topics/civil-rights-movement/civil-rights-movement-timeline May 12, 1968 Poor People's Campaign https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/history/info-2018/civil-rights-events-fd.html Jan 20, 1969 Inauguration of Richard Nixon http://www.ushistory.org/us/55d.asp Apr 30, 1975 End of Vietnam War Mar 22, 1988 Civil Rights Restoration Act https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1988/03/17/reagan-vetoes-civil-rights-restoration-act/652d878e-b429-49e0-9933-54e38bd1ebf0/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.753b4dfeb9ed Jun 23, 1992 Los Angeles Riots https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/riots-erupt-in-los-angeles