Clawson Hall Freedom Summer 1964 By Conrad Pegues May 8, 1945 World War II ends http://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii Period: May 8, 1945 to Dec 1, 1950 Clawson Hall Freedom Sep 1, 1946 Clawson Hall opens at Western Women's College http://westernarchives.lib.miamioh.edu/buildings.php Dec 5, 1946 President Truman's Committee on Civil Rights http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/Harry_Truman_civil_rights.htm Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refusal to give up bus seat http://www.thehenryford.org/exhibits/rosaparks/story.asp Jun 20, 1964 Freedom Summer Clawson Hall http://w3.iac.net/~mcguffey/OxfordHistory/freedom_summer/ Jun 21, 1964 Chaney, Schwerner and Goodman murdered in Mississippi http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/slain-civil-rights-workers-found Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/civil-rights-act/ Aug 6, 1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965 http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/vot/intro/intro_b.php