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Signed by President Johnson, the Act promised voter equality as protected by the federal government. It banned segregation between voters. This Act truly helped the Civil Rights Movement

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President Johnson passed this Act of Civil Rights one year after Kennedy's speech. It banned segregation in public places or any businesses. This finally allowed, along with many other bills, to have true equality between races.

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President Kennedy's Civil Rights Address - June 1963

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President Kennedy's Civil Rights Address - June 1963

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President Kennedy delivered a speech about Civil Rights, promising to put a bill through Congress in a week. He stated that the treatment of equality for others should be what we wish for ourselves.

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Executive Order 11063 Passed - November 1962

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Executive Order 11063 Passed - November 1962

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The order stated that there can be no segregation in federal housing. This would mean that no African American or other colored families could be evicted due to their skin color.

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There were a few cases of Freedom Riders in 1961, where black people would go on a Greyhound bus. They would start in the north, where there was no prejudice against the act, and they would go to the south, where the rides would often end in terrorism. Later in 1961 it was ruled that all buses must have a sign that states that all riders, regardless of race, color, creed, or national origin.

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President Eisenhower signed the Civil Rights Act of 1960. The Act said that all men can vote, and anybody obstructing another voter would be penalized.

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He speaks about the desegregation of schools at a large rally in Washington DC, at the Lincoln Memorial. Over twenty-six thousand people attend the speech.

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This ruling of the US Supreme Court states that what they ruled was final, and that the states had to comply. This caused a few public schools to be shut down in the south due to their refusal to integrate. Many students still protested this ruling on school campuses.

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference - February 1957

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Southern Christian Leadership Conference - February 1957

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Martin Luther King Jr. helped create the SCLC, and was later elected the chairman. It was a non-violent group aimed to gain equality.

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Southern Manifesto - February/March 1956

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Southern Manifesto - February/March 1956

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The Southern Manifesto was a document created to oppose racial integration in public places in the south. It was signed by 19 Senators and 81 members of the House of Representatives. Those who signed were from the south.

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On this day Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man. This refusal and jailing of Rosa Parks started the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

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The ruling of the court was that it was unconstitutional to segregate schools in public school systems. Even though the Supreme Court ruled this, many towns or even states disobeyed, postponing the international ban of segregation in public schools

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The order abolished the act of racial discrimination in the US Armed Forces. This later led to an end of all segregation in the Armed Forces, a major step for equality.