Fifty years ago, on July 2, 1964, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which eliminated discrimination on the basis of race, along with sex, in the ... According to the US Courts website, the outcome of Brown v. ... She became known as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement. read more
Civil Rights Act passed: July 1964: Overcoming Senate filibuster, Congress passes law forbidding racial discrimination in many areas of life, including hotels, voting, employment, and schools; Mississippi Summer Freedom Project: Summer 1964: Civil rights workers seek to register blacks to vote. 3 are killed and many black homes and churches are burned. read more
Jackie Robinson was the first black MLB player, which lead up to the Civil rights movement. Before he became a major baseball player there was no such thing as an african american professional baseball player atleast since the 1880's. read more