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seperate but equal doctrine
Separate but equal was a legal doctrine in U.S. that justified systems of segregation. Under this doctrine, services, facilities and public places were allowed to be separated by race, on the condition that the quality of each group's public facilities was to remain equal. Usually the places were not equal in any way escpesialy schools. -
Truman signs executive order
Truman signs Executive Order 9981, which states, "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 was a start to having equality for minorites and gave people hope that they could have full equality. -
First sit-in
Four African American college students sat down at a lunch counter at Woolworth’s in Greensboro, North Carolina, and politely asked for service. Their request was refused. When asked to leave, they remained in their seats. This helped ignite a youth-led movement to challenge racial inequality throughout the South. -
freedom riders bus is attacked
The Freedom Riders' bus is attacked and burned outside of Anniston, Alabama. A mob beats the Freedom Riders upon their arrival in Birmingham. The Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi, and spend forty to sixty days in Parchman Penitentiary. During this time many freedom rider buses were attacked but people still rode them for protest and to help future generations. -
March on Washington
The march on washington was considered the single best movement of the civil rights movement. This is where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I have a dream" speech. This was a key movement in civil rights and resulted in laws being enacted to grant african americans and other minorities rights. -
Civil Acts Signed
The Civil rights act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, religion, sex, or national orgin. It ended the application of the Jim Crow Laws which said seperate but equal. -
Voting Rights Act approved
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 got rid of literacy tests and poll taxes designed to keep African Americans from voteing, this was huge for African Americans because they finally got the right to vote. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
The assasination of King was devastating for the people. This was a loss of their leader and for some their hope in someday having civil rights. People became angry and this caused a split in the civil rights movement.
