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President Truman
President Harry Truman initiated a civil rights agenda, and in 1948 issued Executive Order 9981 to end discrimination in the military -
Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County
Though filed in May 1951, it was one of the five cases combined into Brown v. Board of Education, the case in which the U.S. Supreme Court, in 1954, officially overturned racial segregation in U.S. public schools. -
Brown vs Board of Education
In this milestone decision, the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. This changed the lives of African Americans because now black people can now have education and integrate with other races. -
Linda Brown
Linda Brown, an 8-year-old girl in Topeka, Kansas, lives within walking distance of a whites-only elementary school. Because of segregation, she has to travel by bus to a more distant school for Black children. Her father sues the school board of Topeka, and the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to hear the case. -
Segregation on Interstate
In November, the Federal Interstate Commerce Commission forbids segregation on interstate buses and trains -
The Emmett Till Murder
Fourteen-year-old Emmett Till from Chicago is brutally murdered by whites while visiting relatives in Mississippi. His alleged crime is saying “Bye, baby” to a white woman in a store for a dare. The case causes outrage among America’s black population. -
Rosa parks
Rosa Parks, an African American, was arrested for disobeying an Alabama law requiring black passengers to relinquish seats to white passengers when the bus was full -
Montegomery Bus Boycott
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating.Bus Boycott helped eliminate early barriers to transportation access. -
Autherine Lucy
On court order, the University of Alabama admits its first African American student, Autherine Lucy, but finds legal ways to prevent her attendance. -
Little Rock Nine
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In 1957, nine ordinary teenagers walked out of their homes and stepped up to the front lines in the battle for civil rights for all Americans. The media coined the name “Little Rock Nine" to identify the first African American students to desegregate Little Rock Central High School.The Little Rock Nine became an integral part of the fight for equal opportunity in American education -
Sit in Protests
Four black students in Greensboro, North Carolina, hold the first sit-in. They refuse to move from a segregated lunch counter when denied service. Sit-ins are employed by a growing number of civil rights activists in the South. -
March on Washington
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters president A Philip Randolph and his assistant Bayard Rustin organise a March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Almost a quarter of a million people attend. King delivers his “I Have a Dream” speech. -
birmingham campaign
sought to bring national attention to the efforts of local Black leaders to desegregate public facilities in Birmingham, Alabama. The campaign was led by Dr. Martin Luther King, , forced desegregation in Birmingham, and directly paved the way for the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which prohibited racial discrimination in hiring practices and public services throughout the United States. -
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President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, preventing employment discrimination due to race, color, sex, religion or national origin. -
Malcom X assasination
On stage at the Audubon Ballroom on February 21, 1965, Malcolm X was gunned down as his pregnant wife and four daughters took cover in the front row. Three members of the Nation of Islam—Mujahid Abdul Halim, Muhammad A. Aziz and Khalil Islam—were soon after charged with first-degree murder. -
Assasination Of MLK jr
His assassination led to an outpouring of anger among Black Americans, as well as a period of national mourning that helped speed the way for an equal housing bill that would be the last significant legislative achievement of the civil rights era -
Fair Housing Act
Just days after King's assassination, Johnson signs the Fair Housing Act of 1968, also called the Civil Rights Act of 1968, into law, prohibiting housing discrimination nationwide based on race, religion, national origin and sex -
Jesse Jackson
The Rev. Jesse Jackson leads in delegates and popular votes in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination when he wins the Michigan caucuses. He eventually loses the nomination to Gov. Michael Dukakis of Massachusetts. -
Mae Jemison
Engineer and physician Mae Jemison becomes the first Black woman to fly in space, serving as a science mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Endeavour. -
Million Man March
In 1995 the Nation sponsored the Million Man March in Washington, D.C., to promote African American unity and family values. Estimates of the number of marchers, most of whom were men, ranged from 400,000 to nearly 1.1 million, making it, at the time, the largest gathering of its kind in American history -
Millon Women March
Approximately 750,000 Black women respond to the Million Man March with a gathering of their own—the Million Woman March, held in Philadelphia on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. Speakers include Jada Pinkett Smith, Malcolm X's daughters Atallah and Ilyasah Shabazz, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela and othershttps://www.c-span.org/video/?94055-1/million-woman-march