Civil Rights

Civil Rights in the United States : from 1959 to the present

2007

Here is a summary of what actually occurred from 1959 to the present that concerns the Civil Rights of the United States

In 1960 , the restaurant in Greensboro , North Carolina wherein black patrons are not served ' began to allow four college students who were black to have lunch there (Cable . n .p

Just after one year , in Washington , D .C , Freedom Rides ' from the aforementioned State to the Southern ones were implemented (Cable n .p . This is the result

of the new laws which aim to forbid segregation (Cable . n .p . Back then , student volunteers rode the bus to check if the laws were indeed properly carried out (Cable n .p

In 1962 , James Meredith , University of Mississippi 's first black student became the reason of President John F . Kennedy to instruct federal troops to go to the aforementioned school so that James Meredith can finally attend his classes (Cable . n .p

Furthermore , it is also during this year that the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that segregation ' is unlawful in all transportation services (Cable . n .p

Moreover , the Department of Defense instructed that complete integration of military reserve units , not including the National Guard though ' be made possible (Cable . n .p

The following year , a Civil Rights leader named Medgar Evers has been slain (Cable . n .p . Police reports claim that he 's been hit by a Sniper 's bullet (Cable . n .p

Also in 1963 , Martin Luther King delivered an inspiring speech entitled I Have a Dream ' to the people in Washington , D .C (Cable . n .p

In addition to that , there were four young black ladies who died in Birmingham , Alabama during the bombing of church (Cable . n .p

Then in 1964 , racial discrimination was made unlawful by the Congress through the Civil Rights Act (Cable . n .p

During this same year , the poll tax , which has been the reason for making it difficult for a black man to vote , especially those who were in the South , has been eliminated (Cable . n .p . The poll tax has been put to an end by the Twenty-fourth amendment (Cable . n .p

In addition to that , there were 3 Civil Rights workers who disappeared in Mississippi and 6 weeks after the disappearance , the two white and one black man aforementioned were found buried (Cable . n .p

In 1965 , protection for voting rights were asked for by organizing a march in Alabama (Cable . n .p . The march referred to began in Selma and ended in Montgomery (Cable . n .p

Furthermore , during the same year , Malcolm X has been gunned down (Cable . n .p

In addition , voters who were illiterate ' were protected through the Voting Rights Act (Cable . n .p . The aforementioned law made it unlawful to oblige would-be voters to pass a literacy test just so he or she could vote (Cable . n .p

Then in 1967 , Thurgood Marshall became the first black man to serve the...