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President Harry Truman issued an executive order 9981 to end the segregation in the Armed Services.

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May 17, 1954: Brown v. Board of Education

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May 17, 1954: Brown v. Board of Education

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Significant trial in court where it ended the racial segregation in public classrooms.

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December 1, 1955: Rosa Parks takes a Stand

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December 1, 1955: Rosa Parks takes a Stand

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Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a White man on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama. This eventually led to the montgomery bus boycott.

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A protest campaign against the racial segregation on the public transit in Montgomery, Alabama which went on for a year where African Americans refused to take public transit.

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Sixty black pastors and civil rights leaders from different southern states met up to create nonviolent protests against racial discrimination and segregation.

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September 1957: Little Rock Central  High School

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September 1957: Little Rock Central  High School

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The protest of black students entering Little Rock Central High School got so bad, President Eisenhower was forced to send in federal protection.

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Four African American students in college in Greensboro refused to leave a Woolworth’s “whites only” lunch counter without being served.

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Both Black and White activists took bus trips through the Southside to protest segregated bus terminals and attempted to use “whites-only” restrooms and lunch counters. They caught international attention.

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James Meredith, an African American student, is escorted onto the University of Mississippi campus by U.S. Marshals. This is because he got admission to the University of Mississippi without the registrar learned of his race. He still tried to attend class after but had to go through many angry people and riots.

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Governor George Wallace blocks 2 Black students from registering at the University of Alabama. This continues until President John F Kennedy sends the National Guard to the campus.

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About 250,000 people take part in the March on Washington for jobs and Freedom. This is when Martin Luther King gives his “I Have A Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial.

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September 15, 1963: Church in Birmingham

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September 15, 1963: Church in Birmingham

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A bomb gets set off at 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama which killed four  girls and injured few other people before church. This only angered many.

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July 2, 1964:  Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law

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July 2, 1964:  Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law

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President Lyndon Johnson signs the Civil RIghts Act of 1964 which was suppose to prevent employment discrimination due to race, color, sex, religion or national origin.

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This is a march from Selma to Montgomery where around 600 people walk to Selma, Alabama to Montgomery to protest Black voter suppression. After many fights with Police, they reach Montgomery on March 25.

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April 11, 1968: Civil Rights Act of 1968

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April 11, 1968: Civil Rights Act of 1968

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President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, which provided equal housing opportunity regardless of race, religion or national origin.