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Pre-Movement, Order 9981
This order ends segregation in the United States -
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Civil Rights Movement
Reference's: Onion, A. (n.d.). Civil Rights Movement timeline ‑ timeline events. History.com. https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-movement-timeline -
Brown V. Board of Education
Supreme court decide to end segregation in schools, however this wouldn't reach all schools. -
The Lynching of Emmett Till
This atrocity was key for the civil rights movement as leaders used his murder to bring the violence against Black people to the forefront of the media. -
Rosa Parks doesn't move
Rosa Park's while sitting in the front of the bus was asked to move by a white person. After refusing, a boycott from busses began. -
Little Rock Nine
After being block for integrating, nine students are escorted by federal agents into a "white only" school -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
This law protected the voting rights of African Americans and allowed federal punishment against those who prevented voting. -
Birmingham Bomb
Four young girls are murdered in an explosion caused by an explosive with the intent to discourage the Civil right activists. -
Selma to Montgomery
This march lead by MLK was a march in order to show solidarity in the face of violence. -
Voting Rights Act
This act allowed the dissolution of literacy tests and helped investigate election's and voting processes. -
MLK Assissnation
James Earl Ray shoots MLK Jr in Tennessee -
The Civil Rights act of 1968
This allowed equal housing no mater what a persons background was