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This executive order was signed by President Harry Truman in 1948 to demonstrate that everyone has the same opportunities and rights in the military forces. By declaring that all individuals who have served our nation receive equal treatment and care thereafter as opposed to receiving unequal treatments, rewards, and care depending on the color of their skin. This, in my opinion, had a greater influence on the Civil Rights Movement because it signaled the beginning of desegregation and proved that the President genuinely cared about all races and wanted to assist in resolving the issues that African Americans were dealing with at the time.

https://www.archives.gov/historical-docs/todays-doc/index.html?dod-date=726#:~:text=On%20July%2026%2C%201948%2C%20President,to%20integrating%20the%20segregated%20military.

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The court determined that segregated schools may be present as long they remained "equal" in 1896. The NAACP was addressing this issue by attempting to overturn the legislation via litigation and other means. When Brown went forward in 1952, there were four other cases that were linked to his and were bundled together. Brown helped pass these laws and reunite the children, but the civil rights act of 1964 marked the beginning of desegregation. The right to vote and fair housing acts of 1968 followed. The incident is still used as an illustration of prejudice in the country's schools 60 years later.

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka

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Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American kid from Chicago, was killed because he made flirtatious eye contact with a white lady. He was ordered to carry a 75-pound cotton gin here to the river before being killed, and the white woman's husband and brother also had him take off his clothes. He was severely beaten, had his eye gouged out, and was shot in the head by the guys, who had then dumped his body into the river. One of the key factors that demonstrated the brutality to the movement for civil rights was the trial surrounding the death of this kid. The "Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act" still makes lynchings against the law and a federal hate crime.

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/emmett-till-1

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An African American woman named Rosa Parks resisted giving up her bus seat to a white passenger. She was therefore taken into custody. The Montgomery Bus Boycott had been initiated following her imprisonment and punishment. The bulk of passengers on the bus, around 40,000 African Americans, boycotted and demonstrated their desire for rights by not boarding. They nearly ceased operating since doing so was costing the bus operator money and harming the business. They only want equality when it came towards the bus company and the passengers on the bus, not because they were aware that the laws would change. This was crucial to the Civil Rights Movement because they battled valiantly enough for legislation to be established.

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/rosa-parks

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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed into law by our current president at the time, Lyndon B. Johnson. The law was meant to overtake the legal and systemic barriers that prevented African Americans to participate in education, career, voting, etc.

In the years before the signing, African Americans were held back by literacy tests, poll taxes, and other governmental restrictions.

President Lyndon B. Johnson and Congress passed significant and successful national voting rights legislation as a result of the assassinations of voting rights activists in Mississippi and the attack by white state troopers on nonviolent protesters in Selma, Alabama.

The Voting Rights Act forbade discrimination based on race or color, but probably more significantly, it defined the areas where discrimination was most likely to occur and provided a procedure to stop discriminatory practices from coming into force there.

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/voting-rights-act

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Black and White activists joined together to form the Freedom Riders, who rode buses around the south to protest the segregated buses. They experimented with utilizing segregated restaurants, restrooms, bubblers, and more while on their travels. Because the white people thought these rallies were needless, there was a significant amount of police brutality as well as a lot of violence committed by them along the way. They aimed to make their message clear, join the civil rights movement, and change laws and other policies.

https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/freedom-rides

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Around 250,000 people assembled on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC, for the 1963 "march on Washington," which was a significant protest. African Americans marched primarily in support of their right to freedom and employment while also drawing attention to the difficulties they encounter on a daily basis. Additionally, it fell on the day of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. As they fight against prejudice and demand the rights they deserve, this is crucial to the Civil Rights Movement.

https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/march-on-washington

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Before the 16th Street Church's Sunday morning services, Birmingham had a church bombing. The vast majority of civil organizers had their "meetings" at this predominantly African American church. Four innocent young girls were killed in the blast, and many more were wounded. Following this unfortunate event, there were several violent rallies and clashes between demonstrators and police, with the authorities always appearing to prevail. This period is significant to the Civil Rights Movement since it depicts the battle against racism at the time and how anybody could get away with injuring or killing harmless African Americans, which is why the segregationist laws had to be repealed and peace had to be established.

https://www.history.com/topics/1960s/birmingham-church-bombing

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When state troopers barged through and viciously attacked the demonstrators in Selma, Alabama, John Lewis led 600 protesters from across Edmund Pettus Bridge. People were appalled by footage of this brutality and fury, which sparked the struggle against racial injustice. A 26-year-old died while attempting to defend his mother, which made the issue between the state police and the demonstrators worse. President Lyndon joined the demonstrators at the moment. This grew into a significant reason for the Civil Rights Movement so it inspired people to fight back for the things they were already fighting for, like their rights.

https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/eyewitness/html.php?section=2

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In Memphis, Tennessee, MLK Jr. was assassinated. MLK was one of the key figures in the Civil Rights Movement and the founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference in addition to being a Baptist clergyman. He reportedly was seem standing on the Lorraine Motel's second-floor balcony when he was shot and killed. He was hit in the neck by a sniper's bullet shortly after being taken to the hospital, and after an hour passed he was declared dead. Everyone went nuts after MLK's death, which sparked riots practically everywhere in the nation. This wound up being the Civil Rights Movement's most significant impact because, in addition to being one of its leaders, he also had a major influence through his lectures and peaceful demonstrations, which he delivered virtually everywhere.

https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/encyclopedia/assassination-martin-luther-king-jr