Civil Rights Era

By herasmo castillo

  • Jackie Robinson

    Jackie Robinson
    Robinsons debut with the Brooklyn Dogers,this historic day when he broke the color barrior.

  • Executive Order 9981

    Executive Order 9981
    President Truman order abolished racial discrimination in the U.S Armed Forces

  • SNCC

    SNCC
    The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee,this started at Shaw University by Ella Baker.

  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders
    Civil Rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern U.S

  • 16th Street Bobming

    16th Street Bobming
    Act of terrorist on African American church

  • 24th Admendment

    24th Admendment
    This admendment prohibited any poll tax in elections fro federal officials

  • Voting Rights Act

    Voting Rights Act
    This was passed by President Johnson,this was an attempt to overcome legal barriors that prevented African Americans from voting.

  • Executive Order 11246

    Executive Order 11246
    Passed by President Johnson,this requiremenmts for non discriminatory practices in hiring of the U.S goverment contractors.

  • Black Panthers

    Black Panthers
    This organisation started in Okland California founded by huey Newton and Bobby Seale,this organitation taught people how to defend themselfes from the U.S government.

  • MLK Assassination

    MLK Assassination
    MLK Jr. asssassination took place in Memphis,TN in a balcony of Lorraine Motel.