Civil Rights Movement

By advaitnaik

  • Truman Signs Executive Order 9981

    This executive order, signed by Truman, ruled it illegal to discriminate and segregate in the armed forces. Since military needed more manpower, Truman decided to issue out this order to recruit more troops. This was one of the first times that the US tried to lower discrimination.

  • Brown vs. Board of Education

    The US Supreme Court declared the policy of "separate but equal" unconstitutional. This required the South to integrate public schools in "all deliberate speed", which caused the South to further resist the mandates by falsely promising to integrate schools eventually.

  • MLK Leads a 54-Mile Long March From Selma to Montgomery

    To exercise their right to vote, many colored people walked along the highway to Montgomery. The march had a powerful effect on the government, leading to former president, Lyndon B. Johnson's proposal of a bill, which led to pass as the Voting Rights Act.

  • Rosa Parks Refuses to Give up Her Seat to a White Man

    In collaboration with the NAACP, Parks volunteered to give up her seat and get arrested to spearhead the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This act of defiance serves as an iconic symbol to the Civil Rights Movement. Her act of peaceful protest changed the face of the movement and encouraged other young activists to follow her footsteps.

  • Four Black Students Sit-In at a Lunch Counter and are Refused Service

    Representing the SNCC, these four men, later renowned as the "Greensboro Four", occupied seats of the lunch counter in a drug store. Although they were asked to leave, the four men continued to sit in until the store closed.

  • Albany Movement Takes Place

    Many organizations for civil rights came together to form a coalition for voter's rights through protest. Although the protests failed and many were arrested, it served as an important lesson and allowed these organizations to improve in the future.

  • 250,000 People Gather at the Lincoln Memorial to Hear in MLK's "I Have a Dream Speech"

    In this influential speech, Martin Luther King Jr. called for civil rights and an end to discrimination and racism. This profound speech served as a defining moment for the Civil Rights Movement by empowering many black people to fight for equality and by envisioning a future with integration and equality.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964 is Passed

    The Civil Rights Act was an influential law that prohibited racial discrimination in the workforce based on race, gender, religion, or nationality. It also mandated equal voting registration requirements, serving as a token of success for the Civil Rights Movement.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965 is Signed In

    This beneficial law prohibited racial discrimination from voting, granting black people voting rights. It secured voting rights for all races and minorities, serving as one of the crucial laws that resulted from the Civil Rights Movement.

  • LBJ Signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968

    This law provided equal housing opportunity regardless of race, religion, or nationality and made it illegal to interfere, force, injure, or intimidate for the sake of race, religion, gender, etc. Often known as the Fair Housing Act, this law was a crucial step forward in the Civil Rights Movement because it prevented public discrimination as a whole.