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The NAACP is formed
W.E.B DuBois founded the NAACP to help end segregation and ensure equality for African Americans. during the 1940ss and 1950s, membership increaded greatly. Additioally, the NAACP fought many court cases in favor of ending segregation. -
Jackie Robinson
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson played his first MLB game with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Previously, African Americans never played baseball because nobody wanted them on their team, so he was the first African American to play in the MLB. As a result of his acceptance, Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier between blacks and whites in the MLB. -
The Integration of the Armed Forces
President Truman signs Executive Order 9981, which states, "It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin." The order also establishes the President's Committee on Equality of Treatment and opportunity in the Armed Services. -
Brown v. Board of Education
in this case, Oliver Brown wanted his daughter to attend an all white school, but The Board of Education of Topeka said that she wasn't allowed to. With the help of the NAACP, he was able to sue them and eventually win the case. This case declared that segregation in schools was illegal. Also, it overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson case, which stated that being seperate but qual was ok. -
Rosa Parks
NAACP secretary Rosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white passenger on a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. The arrest started a boycott of Montgomery's bus system by the African American community who were led by Martin Luther King Jr. The boycott lasts over a year before the bus laws are declared unconstitutional and Montgomery's bus system is desegregated. -
The Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party was creted as a result of the culture of the 1960s and it emerged out of black nationelist movements. most widely known programs were its armed citizens' patrols to evaluate behavior of police officers and its Free Breakfast for Childeren program. Additionally, they told blacks to arm themselves for a revlution against the establishment. -
The Little Rock Nine
The Little Rick Nine was a group of African Americans who enrolled into an all-white Central High School. However, the governor of Arkansas called the National Guard to prevent them from enterimg the school. As a result, President Eisenhower sent federal troops to force integration of the school. -
Sit-ins
A sit-in was a form a of protest in which someone is civilly disobidient. One instance of this was on February 1 in Greensboro, North Carolina when 4 black college freshman sat at an all-white lunch counter and refused to give up their seats. -
The Freedom Rides
CORE organized a new tactic called freedom rides, and it sought to end segregation on public transportation systems. Members of the freedom rides would ride from bus depot to bus depot throughout the south to suppport their cause to support their cause. Over time, the freedom rides made the public more aware of the situation and inspired more freedom rides to come. -
The March on Washington
More than 200,000 Americans gathered in for a political rally in Washington, D.C. for Jobs and Freedom. This march became a key moment in the Civil Rights Movement, and was started to protest the political and social challenges African Americans faced across the country. Here, Martin Luther King, Jr. gave his famous "I have a dream" speech, which called for racial justice and equality. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
One thing the Civil Rights at of 1964 did was outlawed slavery and The Jim Crow Laws that allowed segregation. Also, the made employment based on race of gender illegal, and it enforced the voting rights of African Americans. -
César Chávez and and the United Farm Workers
Although although no laws legally segregated Mexican Americans, discrimination still existed in some parts of the United States. In 1965, César Chávez helped to form the United farm workers, which helped increase wages and improve working conditions for Mexican Americans. -
The Selma to Montgomery March
In Selma, Alabama, 2 Civil Rights workers were murdered because they were trying to help African Americans register to vote. As a result, Civil Rights Leaders started a march from Selma to Montgomery. However, they were stopped and attacked by cops at the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Eventually, Martin Luther King, Jr. marched with them and the cops began to protect them. -
The Watts Riot
the Watts Riot started when Marquette Frye was pulled over and arrested by Lee W. Minikus, a white California Highway Patrolman, for suspicion of driving while intoxicated, even thiughhe wasn't. People gathered at the scene of Frye's arrest, strained tensions between police officers and the crowd erupted in a violent exchange. The rioting ended up lasting for six days, leaving $35 million dollars in damage and several deaths. -
The assassination of MLK
In Memphis, Martin Luther King, Jr. was supporting black sanitation workers, but he was shot on his balcony by James Earl Ray. As a result, more rioting took place. eventually, Affirmative Action was enforced and African Americans and women were given more opportunity in the workplace.
