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President Truman signing the Executive Order
On July 26, 1948 President Truman signed the Executive Order. This allowed equality of treatment and opportunities in the Armed Service and segregated military. -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans.
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans. was a case that declared state laws that separate schools for black and whites was unconstitutional. -
NAACP member Rosa Parks
NAACP member Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat at the front of the "colored section" of a bus to a white passenger. -
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Vickie Hunter View on Desegregation
Vickie went to Spotswood Elementary School in Harrisonburg, VA during 1959-1964. In 1959 Vickie was in 1st grade and during that time African American families lived in a certain part of town when I was growing up and went to a separate school, Lucy Simms Elementary. -
Martin Luther King is arrested.
Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham, Ala. -
March on Washington.
200,000 people join the March on Washington. Congregating at the Lincoln Memorial. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a law that outlawed discrimination base on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. This was signed by President Johnson. -
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Vickie Hunter Time During Middle School
While in middle school Vickie remember when desegregation occurred in Harrisonburg and the African American children were integrated into our classrooms. She was brought up in a Christian home and where she was taught that we are all God’s children no matter of skin color.
