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signed the Civil Rights Act of 1957
President Eisenhower Reconstruction. It allowed federal prosecution of anyone who tried to prevent someone from voting. It also created a commission to investigate voter fraud. -
March on Washington
250 000 people took part in this march for jobs and freedom. M. -
Children´s crusade
More then 1000 black school children marching through Birmingham, Alabama. -
The Freedom Rides of 1961
Southern aggression rising and then since then it gained attraction from the government and had to protect the rights of BLACK folks. -
Civil rights act of 1964.
President Lyndon B Jhonson signs the Civil rights act of 1964 into law, preventing employment discrimination due to race, color, sex, religion or national origin. Title VII of the Act establishes the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to help prevent workplace discrimination. -
Martin Luther's march
Martin Luther King Jr. called out civil disobedience and pioneered non-violent protest to push civil rights -
Salema-Mongomery march
In the Salema to Montgomery march, around 600 civil rights marchers walk to Selma, Alabama to Montgomery—the state’s capital—in protest of Black voter suppression. Local police block and brutally attack them. After successfully fighting in court for their right to march, Martin Luther King and other civil rights leaders lead two more marches and finally reach Montgomery -
Voting rights act of 1965
President Johnson signs the Voting rights act of 1965 to prevent the use of literacy tests as a voting requirement. It also allowed federal examiners to review voter qualifications and federal observers to monitor polling places. -
M. Luther’s assassination
Martin Luther King Jr. Was assassinated on the balcony of his hotel room in Memphis, Tennessee. James Earl Ray is convicted of the murder in 1969. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968, Fair housing act
President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, also known as the Fair housing act , providing equal housing opportunity regardless of race, religion or national origin. -
Supreme Court ruling Swann v. Mecklenburg Board of Education
The Supreme Court ruling in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education upheld the use of busing to desegregate schools. -
Michael brown shot by police
Canfield Drive. 12:01 p.m. Officer Darren Wilson This is where he was shot by the police.
11:54 a.m. Michael Brown and Dorian Johnson leave Ferguson Market and Liquor. Surveillance video shows Mr. Brown stealing some cigarillos. They walk along West Florissant Avenue and then in the middle of the street onarrives, alone in his police vehicle. Speaking through his window, he tells the two men to move to the sidewalk. He sees that Mr. Brown fits the description of a suspect iconvenience -
a petition on
a petition was set to be signed by the government which allowed rasicm to be fired. -
President Barack Obama was elected
First African American president of the United states. -
G Zimmerman shoots T. Martin in standford,
on the evening at this day, G. Zimmerman shots T Martin, a 17-years old African American -
Bill Lee is fired
Bill Lee was fired and replaced within days. -
G. Zimmerman charged guilty
G. Zimmerman was charged guilty of second degree murder. -
massive protest for Trayvon Martin
People of all races marching and rioting over Trayvon Martin and his needs of justice -
Michael Brown is shot by police
he was shot by a police officer in Ferguson Missouri, I caused a lot of protests against police brutality. -
Murder of Botham Jean
On Sept. 6, 2018, Botham Jean was shot and killed by officer Amber Guyger while watching football inside his apartment living room. Guyger lived in the same building as Jean, and intentionally fired at him after mistakenly walking into the wrong apartment