THE QUEST FOR CIVIL
RIGHTS
1917-80
, TIMELINE (1):
1941: 1946
1919-20: MAY: Over 100,000 black protestors ready to
march on Washington, demands met
5 DEC:
First Red Scare Truman’s
1919: 7 DEC: Japanese attack US fleet at Pearl Harbor President
“Red Summer” race 1931: 8 DEC: USA declares war on Japan Committee on
riots Scottsboro Case 11 DEC: Germany declares war on the USA Civil Rights set up
1929: 1939: 1945:
OCTOBER: SEP: 8 MAY: WW2 ends in Europe
Wall Street Crash kick- Outbreak of 6-9 AUG: USA drops bomb on
starts The Great WW2 in Europe Hiroshima and Nagasaki; war in
Depression Pacific ends
2 SEP: End of WW2 in Pacific
, TIMELINE (2):
1947-54:
Second Red Scare 1977:
1948: 1955: 8 NOV: Harvey Milk, a gay
5 DEC: Montgomery 1964:
5 JUL: Truman rights campaigner, elected to
desegregated the Military by Bus Boycott begins 2 JUL: Civil Rights Act office
Executive Order 9981 (ends 2 Dec 1956)
1963: 1965:
1954:
MAY: Protests to 6 AUG:
17 MAY: Brown V desegregate Voting Rights Act extended to
Board of Education Birmingham, cover more minority groups
decision to Alabama
desegregate schools
including Hispanic Americans and
Native Americans
RIGHTS
1917-80
, TIMELINE (1):
1941: 1946
1919-20: MAY: Over 100,000 black protestors ready to
march on Washington, demands met
5 DEC:
First Red Scare Truman’s
1919: 7 DEC: Japanese attack US fleet at Pearl Harbor President
“Red Summer” race 1931: 8 DEC: USA declares war on Japan Committee on
riots Scottsboro Case 11 DEC: Germany declares war on the USA Civil Rights set up
1929: 1939: 1945:
OCTOBER: SEP: 8 MAY: WW2 ends in Europe
Wall Street Crash kick- Outbreak of 6-9 AUG: USA drops bomb on
starts The Great WW2 in Europe Hiroshima and Nagasaki; war in
Depression Pacific ends
2 SEP: End of WW2 in Pacific
, TIMELINE (2):
1947-54:
Second Red Scare 1977:
1948: 1955: 8 NOV: Harvey Milk, a gay
5 DEC: Montgomery 1964:
5 JUL: Truman rights campaigner, elected to
desegregated the Military by Bus Boycott begins 2 JUL: Civil Rights Act office
Executive Order 9981 (ends 2 Dec 1956)
1963: 1965:
1954:
MAY: Protests to 6 AUG:
17 MAY: Brown V desegregate Voting Rights Act extended to
Board of Education Birmingham, cover more minority groups
decision to Alabama
desegregate schools
including Hispanic Americans and
Native Americans
