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Executive order 9981
Executive order 9981 is important because it was an executive order issued by President Harry S Truman . This executive order stopped racial discrimination in the Armed Forces . Tis event increased the Civil Rights movement in many African American people . -
Brown vs. Topeka Board of Education
This event was important because the Supreme Court riled that States who established seperate public schools for black and whites students wa unconstituional . This case led to the abolishment of segregation in public schools . The case however didn't end segregation completely in schools , wich increased the Civil Rights movement in the African American people. -
Mntgomery Bus Boycott
The montgomery Bus Boycott was important because many African Americans refused to use public transportation . This evemt started with Rose Parks , and African American woman who was arrested for refusing to give her seat on a bus . After eing sent to jail she sparked a Civil Rights movement wich was the Bus Boycott. -
March on Washington
The March on Washington was important because it was one of the biggest political rallies for human rights in the United States history . The people who marched demanded civil and economic rights fro African Americans . This was a very significant Civil Rights movement that was supported by African Americans across the United States. -
16th Street Bombing ( Birmingham , Al)
The 16th street bombing was important because it was act of whiote supremacist terrorism by the Ku Klux Klan . The bombing was at a Baptist church in Birmingham Al ,the attack killed 4 people . This event led to lots of angry African Americans and an increase of support for a Civil Rights movement . -
Letter from Birmingham jail
The Letter from Birmingham jail waws written by Martin Luther King in wich he expresses a strategy of nonviolence resistance to racism . The letter also said that "people who have a moral responsability to break unjust laws and to take direct action ratehr than waiting potentially forever to come through the courts , . This letter ignited a non violent Civil rights movement -
Selma March
The Selma march was important because it was 54 miles walk from Selma to the Alabama State capitol of Montgomery . This march was to exercise their constitutional right to vote , in resistance of segregation suppression. This Civil Rights movement just like the others was effective toward their wish of equal rights. -
Loving vs. Virginia
Loving vs Virginia was important Court case because it delt with the interracial marrige in wich Mildred and Richard couldn't get married because Mildrd was black and Richard was white . The supreme Court detremined the prohibition was unconstitutional and it ende all race based legal marrige in the U.S -
MLK is assassinated
This is the most important event because the greatest Civil Rights leader had passed away . His death cause anger among the African Americans who lost thei leader their hope. His death however helped speed the way for an equal housing bill that would be the last importantr legislative victory of the Civil Rights era . He will always be remembered among the lots of people for the will to fight for equal rights without violence . -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was important because it outlawed discrimination based on race , color, religion,sex or national origin . The Act also outlawed racial segrgation in schoools ,at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public . This was a major win for all the African Americans who wanted equal rights.
