The civil rights movement in America

The executive order of ending segregation in the Armed Services.

Jul 26, 1948

https://www.trumanlibrary.org/anniversaries/desegblurb.htm

Brown v. Board of Education

May 17, 1954

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka

Montgomery bus boycott

Dec 1, 1955

https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/montgomery-bus-boycott

Sixty black pastors and civil rights leaders meeting in Atlanta

Jan 11, 1957

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/southern-christian-leadership-conference-1957/

Little rock nine

Sep 4, 1957

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/central-high-school-integration

Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1957

Sep 9, 1957

http://crdl.usg.edu/events/civil_rights_act_1957/

Hebrew Benevolent Congregation Temple bombing

Oct 12, 1958

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hebrew_Benevolent_Congregation_Temple_bombing

Kissing case

Oct 21, 1958

https://www.npr.org/2011/04/29/135815465/the-kissing-case-and-the-lives-it-shattered

Students "Sit-ins"

Feb 1, 1960

https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/01/feb-1-1960-black-students-and-the-greensboro-sit-in/

New Orleans school incident

Nov 14, 1960

https://blackthen.com/%E2%80%8Bnovember-14-1960-ruby-bridges-makes-history-in-the-south/

Freedom Rides

May 17, 1961

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/freedom-rides

Albany Movement

Nov 11, 1961

https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/albany-movement-1961-1962/

Kennedy's response

Jun 11, 1963

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Report_to_the_American_People_on_Civil_Rights

Martin Luther King's speech/March on Washington

Aug 28, 1963

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/march-on-washington

Birmingham Church Bombing

Sep 15, 1963

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/birmingham-church-bombing-video

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Jul 4, 1964

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964

Malcolm X is assassinated

Feb 21, 1965

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/malcolm-x-assassinated

Selma to Montgomery

Mar 7, 1965

https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0321.html

Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassination

Apr 4, 1968

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr-assassination

Fair Housing Act

Apr 11, 1968

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/martin-luther-king-jr-assassination