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Harry Truman signs an executive order which desegregated the military.

Many African Americans enjoyed  expanded defense opportunities  while enlisted in the armed forces.

The executive order gave African Americans enlisted in the armed forces more opportunities in being accepted in job training programs,  forbidding and discrimination in defense contracting, and establishing fair employment  practices commission ( FEPC)

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Brown vs. Broad of Education

One of the biggest victories for the NAACP in helping to end segregation.

The supreme court ruled  that separate educational facilities were inherently unequal and declared segregated were unconstitutional.

Within a year after the case more than 500 school districts had desegregated.

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of Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white man on the bus in Montgomery, Alabama.

At that time African Americans were forced to sit in the back of the bus.

As a result of Rosa Parks being arrested for not giving up her seat it ignited a 381 day boycott the Montgomery bus system.

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Nine black students known as the Little Rock Nine were blocked from getting into there high school Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.

The Governor of Arkansas ordered the National Guard to prevent the nine African American students from enrolling at the Little Rock's Central High School.

A federal Judge ordered the governor to admit the students and he refused. When he refused President Eisenhower sent troops to allow the students to enter the school.

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Eisenhower signs the civil Rights act five days after the Little Rock Nine incident.

The Civil Rights Act of 1957 helped protect voter rights.

The law allows Federal prosecution of those who  suppress another's right to vote.

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Freedom Riders

Throughout 1961 black and white activists , known as Freedom riders took trips through to protest segregated bus terminals.

Freedom riders also protested white only lunch and restrooms.

Many freedom riders were met by angry mobs that attacked and beat them. As more incidents occurred, the Kennedy administration stepped in and sent protection for them.

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The march on Washington

Approximately 250,000 people took part in the march on Washington  for jobs and freedom.

Martin Luther King jr. gave his I have a dream speech in the front of the  Lincoln memorial.

Martin Luther King spoke powerful words and stated during his speech that "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: ‘We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."

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Civil Rights Act of 1964

President Lyndon B.Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

The Act prevented employment discrimination due to race, color, sex, religion.or national origin.

The act established the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to help prevent workplace discrimination.

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Voting Rights Act of 1965
President Johnson signs the voting rights of 1965.
The act prevented the use of the literacy tests as a voting requirement.
It also allowed federal examiners to review voter qualifications and federal observers to monitor polling places.

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Assassination of Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King jr. was assassinated on the balcony of his hotel room in Memphis,Tennessee.

James Earl Ray was the one who assassinated Martin Luther King. He was convicted of murder in 1969

Martin Luther King was 39 when he died.