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Executive Order 8802
The Executive Order 8802 helped African Americans a lot because this meant that nobody could get discriminated against white people or anyone. This Executive Order was signed by FDR. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_8802 -
Lynching of Emmett Till
Emmett Till was 14 years old when he was killed. This was from a racist white women who lied about him offending her. The men took the little boy and lynched him. This made a lot of African Americans mad and wanted more rights still. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmett_Till -
Jackie Robinson’s MLB Debut
Jackie Robinson was a very good player in baseball and he was so good that he broke the Major League color barrier. He joined the Dodger's Farm team. This helped the civil right movement because he broke the color barrier and now white coaches are now looking into black players. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jackie-robinson-breaks-major-league-color-barrier -
Executive Order 9981
This Executive Order was signed by Truman and it said it abolished discrimination on race, color, religion, or national origin. This executive order led to the end of Segregation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_Order_9981 -
Brown v. Board of Education Court Case is Decided
Brown V. Board Of Education was decided and said that school that are segregated was unconstitutional and all schools were made so black and whites could join. This was a good movement in the civil rights because blacks could go to a school that wasn't like 10 blocks away. This was also bad because many white people were mad and probably bullied or did bad things to the black people that went to their school. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_v._Board_of_Education -
Bus Boycott in Montgomery Begins
This was a seminal event in the civil right movement. Rosa parks didn't want to give her seat to a white man on the bus and people were shocked because this is the first time they ever seen this. The cops came and she was arrested for not giving up her seat making the tension in the civil right movement greater. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery_bus_boycott -
Creation of the SCLC
This was created right when the Bus boycott ended with Rosa Parks. The Rosa Park incident had connection to many things in the civil rights movement. This group was VERY important in the Civil Right Movement. https://nationalsclc.org/about/history/ -
Little Rock Nine First Escorted to School
The Little Rock Nine was 9 blacks who signed up for this all white high school in Arkansas. They wanted to test if the Brown V. Board of education actually did something and they did prove it. The white school tried to block them and the president sent the military to escort the people. This was a little movement but it showed the president would help out blacks with schools if they get rejected by white people. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/central-high-school-integration -
Greensboro sit-ins begin
This was a non-violent protest that was in Greensboro. This was also a civil right protest that was in the civil rights movement. This movement all started from young African Americans staging a sit in at a lunch in a segregated lunchroom. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/the-greensboro-sit-in -
Freedom Riders are attacked in Anniston, Alabama
This attacked was organized and had everything planed out before they did it.This was a violet and well-armed klansmen attacking black people there. This made African Americans open their eyes and push for their rights and safety even harder. https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/today-in-labor-history-freedom-riders-attacked-in-alabama/ -
James Meredith Enrolls at Ole Miss
Ole Miss was a riot in 1962 that was dealing with segregationists because that were protesting for the enrollment of James in a University in Mississippi. The aftermath of this was 2 people died in this protest and Meredith was the first black person to join and graduate from the university. This was a push in the civil movement because African Americans started getting more further with their stuff.
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University of Alabama is Integrated
This is when the two African Americans tried to enter in the university but the people blocked it and said this "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" which he said he wanted to keep his promise on that. The President did another Execute order and it was called Execute Order 1111 which it federalized the Alabama National guard to tell them to stand aside. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stand_in_the_Schoolhouse_Door -
“I Have A Dream” Speech is Delivered
This speech was from the civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. which this speech pushed the civil right movement by a lot. He said in his speech to end racism in the United States. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Have_a_Dream -
16th Street Baptist Church bombing
The bombing was from a KKK member that hated black people and didn't want rights. The KKK got some dynamite and planted 15 bombs on the side of the church and had a timer on it to explode. This marked the turning point in the US civil rights movement. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Street_Baptist_Church_bombing -
Twenty-Fourth Amendment to the Constitution Ratified
This said that it prohibits both congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote which went mostly towards other races so they couldn't discriminate against them. This helped every African American now because nobody could get in their way for voting now. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-fourth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution -
Signing of the Civil Rights Act
This is what every African American wanted, civil rights. This was signed by the president Lyndon Johnson who gave all Blacks their civil rights. https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?doc=97 -
March on Selma Begins
This march was known as the bloody Sunday because many people died because many black people tried to have a movement. This was caused by the death of Jimmie Lee Jackson and African American not being able to register https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selma_to_Montgomery_marches -
Signing of the Voting Rights Act
Signing of the Voting Rights Act gave African Americans the right to vote without all that grandfather clause and the test they had to take to see if they were qualified to vote. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/voting-rights-act -
Loving v. Virginia Court Case is Decided
This was a downfall in the Civil right movement because a white man wanted to marry a black women but was denied because of Virginia Laws. Virginia had at that time banned miscegenation. But this was soon unconstitutional because it violated the 14th amendment. https://www.history.com/topics/civil-rights-movement/loving-v-virginia -
Assassination OF MLKJ
The assassination of Martin was at a motel when he got shot, he died in the hospital. Martin was a civil leader and many other things but his death caused a lot of things to the civil right movement. His death first caused non-violent protest, riots, and the president spoke about it.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
