Executive Order 9981
is an executive order issued on July 26, 1948 by President Harry S. Truman. It stopped discrimination in the military. In 1947, Philip Randolph created an effort to end discrimination in the army. He formed the committee known as Committee against Jim Crow laws in the military. This committee helped get the order passed. Order 9981 is an expansion on order 8802 by stopping discrimination towards all races, not just a certain one.
is an executive order issued on July 26, 1948 by President Harry S. Truman. It stopped discrimination in the military. In 1947, Philip Randolph created an effort to end discrimination in the army. He formed the committee known as Committee against Jim Crow laws in the military. This committee helped get the order passed. Order 9981 is an expansion on order 8802 by stopping discrimination towards all races, not just a certain one.
Loving vs. Virginia
The Loving vs Virginia court case started when Mildred Loving married Richard Loving. Richard was a white man while Mildred was a black woman, and interracial marriage was illegal at the time. There was a significant increase in the amount of interracial marriages in the US, and this made people look at a law passed in 1924 differently. This law was called the Racial Integrity Act of 1924, and it prohibited interracial marriage in the US. After the court case of Loving vs Virginia, the law was invalidated and interracial marriage was legal.
Brown vs. Board of Education
The Brown vs Board of Education case made segregated schools illegal. The case happened in 1954, and it ruled that separate but equal rights in schools was not equal. It allowed blacks and whites to attend the same school. The case overturned the Plessy vs Ferguson case. This case paved the way for the end of segregation and was a major win for the civil rights movement.
Executive Order 11246
This executive order stopped discrimination in employment. It made it illegal to hire or fire someone based on their race. It was passed in 1965.
Plessy vs. Ferguson
The Plessy vs Ferguson case in 1896 allowed states to legally segregate public places. Separate but equal was created as a result of this case.