US Civil Rights Movement

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    American Civil Rights Movement

  • Trueman Orders for Equatlity in Orderd Services

  • legislation of the segregatin on trains

  • US army de-segregated

  • Brown VS Education

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    A black woman refuses to give up her seat in the 'white' section of a bus.

  • School Protests

    9 Black students are blocked from entering a school, President Eisenhower sends Military units to escort them to school

  • Paratroopers sent in to escort 9 students to school

  • Lunch Bar Sit-Ins

    Four black students begin non-violent protests by performing sit-ins at lunch bars

  • Freedom Rides

  • First Black in Mississippi University

    James Meredith becomes the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. JFK sent troops to help stop violence about James going to University there.

  • Martin Luther King Arrested

    Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during protests

  • Marches in the Capital

    Around 500,000 people march in protest of civil rights

  • LBJ bring in civil rights act

  • Race Riots

  • First Black Mayer in mississippi

  • Martin Luther King Assassinated

  • Civil Rights Act Signed

    President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.