Civil Rights Movement: The Fight for Justice. Early Civil Rights Victories (1940s) 1941—Ban of discrimination in defense industry jobs 1947—Jackie Robinson.

Civil Rights Movement: The Fight for Justice

Early Civil Rights Victories (1940s)1941—Ban of

discrimination in defense industry jobs

1947—Jackie Robinson

1948—Executive Order 9981

Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955)Segregated BussesRosa ParksMartin Luther King

JuniorSCOTUS—Browder

v. GayleSouthern Christian

Leadership Conference

Little Rock 9-Central High (1957)

Little Rock 9Gov. Orval Faubus

uses National Guard

Ike convinces Faubus to integrate

101st Airborne Division

Higher Education (1960s)NAACP desegregates

colleges1961 University of

Georgia1962 James Meredith &

University of Mississippi1963 George Wallace

& University of Alabama

Sit-in Movement (1960s)Non-violent

ActionJames Lawson’s

workshopsDangersSuccessSNCC

Freedom Rides (1961)CORE tests

Boynton v. VirginiaAnniston &

BirminghamSNCC continues

despite violenceICC forces

integration