In South Africa racial discriminolization was instutionalized
President Trumman signs an excutive order which states equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion.
Fourteen-year-old Chicagoan Emmett Till is visiting family in Mississippi when he is kidnapped, brutally beaten, shot, and dumped in the Tallahatchie River for allegedly whistling at a white woman
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus
MLK and colleauges create the Southern Christian Leadership Confrence
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or religion
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits discrimination based on race, color, or religion
Congress passes the Voting Rights Act of 1965, making it easier for Southern blacks to register to vote.
The Black Panthers were found
President Bush reverses himself and signs the Civil Rights Act of 1991, strengthening existing civil rights laws and providing for damages in congress
