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executive order
President Harry Truman issues executive order 9981 to end segregation in the armed services -
Brown v board
Brown v board of education decided by supreme court ending racial segregation -
“The only tierd I was was tired of giving in”
Rosa parks started the buss boycott after refusing to give up her seat on the bus in the colored section in Montgomery Alabama -
MLK “This time is always right to do what is right”
Martin Luther King Jr coordinated a nonviolent protest against racial segregation -
Little rock nine
Little rock nine went to central high school but because of racial prohibition president Dwight Eisenhower sends federal troops to escort them to class -
Civil rights act
Eisenhower Sigs civil rights act of 1957into law -
Non violent sit ins
4 college students from north Carolina refuse to leave white lunch counter for non violent sit ins -
University blockage
George G Wallace blocks 2 blacks from entering university of Alabama so John F Kennedy sends national guard to campus -
March
250,000 march on Washington for jobs and freedom -
Innocent bombing
A bomb at 16th street church in Bringham kills 4 girls witch led to an angry protest -
Discrimination resolved
Lyndon B Johnson signs civil rights act of 1964 preventing employment discrimination (race, color, sex, religion) -
Malcom X
Malcom X is assassinated during rally -
Montgomery march
Salem to Montgomery march 600 civil rights black voters suppression -
Voting rights
Johnson signs voting rights act of 1965 to prevent literacy tests for voting -
MLK
Martin Luther is assassinated in Memphis Tennessee James Eral is convicted -
Equal housing
Fair housing act providing equal housing opportunities -
Racial quotes
Fixed racial quotes are illegal -
Grutter v Bollinger
Grutter v Bollinger race into account for admission -
Voting rights act
Voting rights act required approval before changing voting laws -
civil rights investigation
Justice department opens up civil rights investigation
