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The Executive Order 9981 prohibited racial segregation in the  U.S. armed services. This order was created by none other than President Harry S. Truman.

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Brown v Board of Education (Dec 9, 1952)

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Brown v Board of Education (Dec 9, 1952)

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A civil right movement that helped point out that ¨separate but equal¨education was no where near equal and just separate. A law was made to then integrate public schools.

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A civil rights activist known as Rosa Parks, refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus. She was later arrested since she had violated the law in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Montgomery Bus Boycott (December 5, 1955)

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Montgomery Bus Boycott (December 5, 1955)

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The Montgomery Bus Boycott was one of the many civil rights movements to protest against racial segregation. Numerous amounts of African Americans refused to ride the buses in Montgomery, Alabama.

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The Little Rock 9 was a group of African American students who registered to an all white school, Central High. These teenagers showed much pride and bravery as they overcame hate which was thrown at them by angry white mobs.

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Greensboro, NC Lunch Counter Sit-In (February 1, 1960) 

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Greensboro, NC Lunch Counter Sit-In (February 1, 1960) 

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At a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, Ezell Blair Jr., David Richmond, Franklin McCain and Joseph McNeil staged a sit in. These students were denied service, made fun of, and were violated verbally and physically and yet they still chose to sit. This movement would soon spread to other places in the south.

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The Freedom Riders was a group that consisted of white and African American civil rights activists. They engaged in bus trips through the south in unison to protest against segregated bus terminals.

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Birmingham Children’s March (May 2, 1963)

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Birmingham Children’s March (May 2, 1963)

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The Birmingham Children’s March which took place in Birmingham, Alabama, was march that included civil rights activist and black students to end segregation. Hundreds were arrested as they as they were taken to jail by policemen.

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“Letter From Birmingham Jail” by MLK (April 16, 1963) 

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“Letter From Birmingham Jail” by MLK (April 16, 1963) 

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Martin Luther King Jr. went to Birmingham, Alabama to stop the segregation going on in the city. He planned a non- violent protest but was arrested. He wrote this famous letter while imprisoned directed to the clergy men and the nation to stop such unjust treatment of African Americans.

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Medgar Evers assassination (June 12, 1963)

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Medgar Evers assassination (June 12, 1963)

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Evers was a civil rights activist and secretary of the NAACP organization who was murdered by Byron De La Beckwith in Jackson, Mississippi. He organized protests and voter registration drives.

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March on Washington (I Have a Dream Speech) (August 28, 1963)

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March on Washington (I Have a Dream Speech) (August 28, 1963)

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This march included Martin Luther King Jr. as one of the leaders followed by 250,000 other people. They were protesting against racial discrimination. MLK gave his most famous speech, asking for equality and freedom.

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Birmingham 16th Street Church Bombing (September 15, 1963)

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Birmingham 16th Street Church Bombing (September 15, 1963)

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On this morning, the KKK bombed a church with dynamite. Fourteen people were injured and four girls were killed. This made the nation angry and it is considered a terrorist attack.

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John F. Kennedy assassination (November 22, 1963) 

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John F. Kennedy assassination (November 22, 1963) 

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JFK was killed in Dallas, Texas in a presidential motorcade passing through Dealey Plaza. He was shot by Jack Ruby who was a marine.

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This organization, also known as Mississippi Summer Project, was created to increase the number of black registered voters. Not everyone agreed with this campaign.

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This Act bans any discrimination based on a persons race, religion, sex, color, or place of origin. This regarded voting rights, hiring, firing, education and public accommodations.

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Malcolm X Assassination (February 21, 1965)

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Malcolm X Assassination (February 21, 1965)

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Malcolm X was a Muslim minister and human rights activist. He encouraged black Americans to protect themselves however they could. He was killed in NYC and three Nation leaders were charged.

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Bloody Sunday of Selma to Montgomery March (March 7, 1965)

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Bloody Sunday of Selma to Montgomery March (March 7, 1965)

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Six hundred people, along with Martin Luther King Jr., were marching from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. They were attacked and brutally stopped by state troopers while marching for voting rights.

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Voting Rights Act of 1965 (August 6, 1965)

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Voting Rights Act of 1965 (August 6, 1965)

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This Act got rid of poll taxes, literacy tests, and other 'conditions' that prevented black people, living in the South, to vote. It was a huge step that meant actual equality for all.

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This case stated that the Fourteenth Amendment does not give the right to government to discriminate against individuals based on their race.

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Martin Luther King Assassination (April 4, 1968)

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Martin Luther King Assassination (April 4, 1968)

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Minister and Civil Rights activist leader, Martin Luther King Jr., was shot in a motel in Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. He was in Memphis to lead a march with sanitation workers.