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1942
Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), interracial American organization established by James Farmer in 1942 to improve race relations and end discriminatory policies through direct-action projects.

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April 15, 1947
When jackie robinson signed a contract with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1945, he became the first african american to cross the color line in professional baseball

He credited his black fans with helping him get through his first difficult years in the major leagues.

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July 26, 1948
Despite the valuable contributions of African American soldiers during WWII, the military remained segregated after the war.

On july 26, 1948 Truman signed executive order 9981 which states that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin.

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May 17, 1954

A 1954 landmark US Supreme Court case in which the court declared state laws supporting public school segregation unconstitutional.

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5.) Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

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5.) Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott

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December 1, 1955

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama, and from there, sparked a national civil rights movement for racial equality following her arrest.
The Montgomery bus boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. It was a foundational event in the civil rights movement in the United States.

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6.) Little Rock Nine/Integration of CentralHS

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6.) Little Rock Nine/Integration of CentralHS

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1957

The Little Rock Nine were a group of African American high school students who fought racial segregation in Little Rock, Arkansas' public schools after the school board decided to begin gradual desegregation.

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1960

A sit-in is a peaceful civil disobedience method. Demonstrators enter a business or a public location and sit until forcibly expelled or their complaints are addressed.

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June of 1961

A bus boycott was organized to put pressure on President John F. Kennedy to remove bus segregation. Despite the fact that the demonstration resulted in violence and arrests, the federal government eventually decided to prohibit segregation on buses.

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May 2, 1963
More than 1,000 African American students attempted to march into downtown Birmingham, and hundreds were arrested. When hundreds more gathered the following day, Commissioner Connor directed local police and fire departments to use force to halt the demonstrations.

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August 28, 1963

In August 1963, 250,000 people assembled in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. for the March on Washington, a large protest march. These individuals marched for jobs, freedom, and protested against racial discrimination.

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July 4, 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Provisions of this civil rights act forbade discrimination on the basis of sex, as well as, race in hiring, promoting, and firing.

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August 6, 1965
This act was signed into law on August 6, 1965, by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting.