July 1, 1964: The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is passed, which forbid racial discrimination.
August 4, 1964: Civil rights workers James E. Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman were murdered by the Ku Klux Klan.
February
21, 1965: Malcolm X splits off from Elijah Muhammad’s Black Muslims and
their belief in integration and nonviolence; he is assassinated in
retaliation.
March
7, 1965: Martin Luther King Jr. leads a 54-mile march to support black
voter registration. They marched from Selma to Montgomery.
August 10, 1965: A Voting Rights Act is approved.
August
11-17, 1965: The Watts Riots occur with more than 100 riots occurred in
Los Angeles black suburbs resulting in looting, burning, and 34 deaths.
September 24, 1965: Executive Order 11246 isseued by President Johnson to enforce affirmative action.
October 1966: The Black Panthers are founded by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton in Oakland, California.
June 12, 1967: Interracial marriage is ruled unconstitutional by Supreme Court.
July
1967: More race riots occur in Detroit and New York; they are the worst
riots in US history and result in 43 Detroit deaths.
April
4, 1968: While outside his home, Martin Luther King Jr. is murdered by
James Earl Ray; riots broke out in 125 cities in response.
April 11, 1968: Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968.
1878: The Bakke v Regents of University of California decision outlaws fixed racial quotas.
March 22, 1988: Civil Rights Restoration Act passed by Congress.
