Civil Rights Movement

Executive Order 9981

July 26, 1949, President Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order …

Civil Rights Act Signed

July 2, 1964, the Civil Rights Act was signed into …

Thurgood Marshall Nominated

June 13, 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first African American …

Loving v. Virginia

June 12, 1967, Loving v Virginia struck down a state …

Marian Anderson Performance

April 9, 1934, Marian Anderson performed in front of the …

Ray Pleds Fuilty to Assassinating King

March 10, 1969, James Earl Ray pled guilty to assassinating …
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“Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe.”
Frederick Douglas

“In justice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

Martin Luther King Jr.

“The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them.”

Ida B. Welles

Executive Order 9981

July 26, 1949, President Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order …

Civil Rights Act Signed

July 2, 1964, the Civil Rights Act was signed into …

Thurgood Marshall Nominated

June 13, 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first African American …

Loving v. Virginia

June 12, 1967, Loving v Virginia struck down a state …

Marian Anderson Performance

April 9, 1934, Marian Anderson performed in front of the …

Ray Pleds Fuilty to Assassinating King

March 10, 1969, James Earl Ray pled guilty to assassinating …
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Executive Order 9981

July 26, 1949, President Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order …

Civil Rights Act Signed

July 2, 1964, the Civil Rights Act was signed into …

Thurgood Marshall Nominated

June 13, 1967, Thurgood Marshall became the first African American …

Loving v. Virginia

June 12, 1967, Loving v Virginia struck down a state …

Marian Anderson Performance

April 9, 1934, Marian Anderson performed in front of the …

Ray Pleds Fuilty to Assassinating King

March 10, 1969, James Earl Ray pled guilty to assassinating …
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