Timeline #4

            During the Cold War, strides for equality were made especially within the African American communities. The end of World War II allowed for a more organized Civil Rights Movement to flourish. New leaders emerged such as one of the most famous- Martin Luther King Jr. MLK, along with other civil rights groups organized protest rallies, boy-cots, sit-ins, and marches. The federal government heard their call and took action. Lyndon B. Johnson enacted the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which ended segregation in public areas and banned employment segregation, and The Voting Rights Act of 1965, a law that overcame barriers on a state and local level that prevented African Americans from voting.

I chose this image because it is a good example of the way the Civil Rights Movement worked and is obviously showing the morals that they relied on for rhetoric.