Desegregating the Army, 1948 1941 Randolph and threat of ‘March on Washington’ 26 July 1948 Exec Orders on desegregating the army and FEP in Fed Govt.

Desegregating the Army, 1948

• 1941 Randolph and threat of ‘March on Washington’

• 26 July 1948 Exec Orders on desegregating the army and FEP in Fed Govt.

Brown vs. Board of Education, Topeka et al

• George E.C. Hayes, Thurgood Marshall, and James Nabrit, congratulating each other, following Supreme Court decision declaring segregation unconstitutional, 1954.

Little Rock, Arkansas 1957

Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1955

• The Boycott lasted 381 Days

• MLK comes to public attention

• SCLC, 1957

Greensboro’, NC 1960

Freedom Riders

James Meredith, Miss., Sept 1962

Birmingham, Ala.

• 1961 Albany, Georgia• Apr 1963 SCLC in

Birmingham• June 1963, CR Bill

presented to Congress

March On Washington, Aug 1963

Signing the Civil Rights Act, 1964

Selma, Alabama, 1965

The Voting Rights Act

Freedom Summer,1964