The Civil Rights Movement in America, 1945-1975

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This interactive timeline provides a chronological view of the events of the Civil Rights movement and its immediate aftermath. It also shows other significant events of the era. Entries include a brief description of the event, map locations of civil rights events that impacted a particular place, and links to relevant Teachers' Domain civil rights collection resources.

Background Essay

While the civil rights era is generally identified as 1954 - 1965, beginning with the Brown decision and culminating in the Voting Rights Act, its roots go back to the post-World War II period (and even earlier) and its impact continues up to today. This timeline highlights events from 1945 - 1975, making it possible to trace the court cases that led up to Brown as well as post-1965 desegregation efforts and the legacy of the Civil Rights movement on electoral politics, activism, culture, and other human rights movements.

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