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Executive Order
President Truman signed the Executive Order. The Executive Order stated that everyone was to be treated equally and given the same opportunities no matter what their race, religion, or national origin was. This allowed the beginning of segregation to come to an end. -
Brown Vs. Board of Education
This case was one of the first cases that was brought to the Supreme Court about segregation in schools. The case of Brown Vs. Board of Education was to determine the constitutionality of segregation in public schools. The success of this case was able to pave a way through large scale segregation throughout the United States. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was a member of the NAACP(National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). She sat in a colored section of a bus in the South and was asked to move to the back of the bus. When she died, she was arrested because segregation in the South was still prevalent at the time. As a response to her arrest, African Americans began to boycott buses. This event was a contributor to the beginning of the Africans standing up for themselves. -
Little Rock Nine
Nine African American students were blocked from entering a formally all white Central High School. The order of forbidding the students to enter the school was issued by Governor Orval Faubus. Federal troops were sent to the high school to intervene in favor of the nine students being refused their right of entering the school. This event showed the importance of all children being able to get an education in any school. -
Freedom Riders
Freedom riders were a group of students that volunteered to travel through the South of the United States after the new laws of segregation were put in place. Before there were laws prohibiting segregation, public travelling facilities were strict about segregation. The Freedom Riders were often attacked by angry mobs when they rode on the public travelling facilities. Freedom riders brought awareness to the segregation that still happened on public traveling facilities. -
James Meredith
James Meredith was the first black student to enroll and get accepted into the University of Mississippi. There were riots and violence that was caused by his acceptance. Due to the violence and riots, 5,000 federal troops were sent. Due to him being accepted, he paved a path for younger people to begin to get accepted into once all white colleges. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was an advocate of equal rights between all races. While he was at a protest in Birmingham, Alabama, he was arrested and jailed. While in jail, he wrote his seminal "Letter From Birmingham Jail". His seminal argued that individuals have a right to disobey unjust laws. This was important because it made people realize that he was right and that he had no true reason to be in jail due to the fact that he was protesting for a natural right. -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights act was signed by President Johnson. This act prohibited the discrimination of any race in the United States. Also, the Civil Rights act allowed enforcement towards desegregation. -
Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act was established in order to allow African American people to vote. This was important because it allowed more African American people to allow their voice to be heard and made them feel as though they were a more important part of the country. -
Loving Vs. Virginia
Loving Vs. Virginia was a case that was brought to the Supreme Court to fight against interracial marriage. Through the fight of the case, the Supreme Court ruled that prohibiting interracial marriage was unconstitutional. This ruling made sixteen states revise their marriage laws. This was a push in the right direction towards the possibilities of marriage in the United States.
