Civil Rights Report

Civil Rights Act of 1991

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Jackson) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:00:00 +0000

Nov. 22 1991

After two years of debates, vetoes, and threatened vetoes, President Bush reverses himself and signs the Civil Rights Act of 1991, strengthening existing civil rights laws and providing for damages in cases of intentional employment discrimination.

USCG: Commandant's Corner - Journal

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Jackson) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:40:00 +0000

USCG: Commandant's Corner - Journal

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Jackson) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 23:33:00 +0000

USCG: Commandant's Corner - Journal

Rosa Park Dies

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Jackson) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:00:00 +0000

October 24 2005

Rosa Parks dies at age 92.

James Meredith University of Mississippi

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Jackson) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:00:00 +0000

Oct. 1 1962

James Meredith becomes the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Violence and riots surrounding the incident cause President Kennedy to send 5,000 federal troops.

Executive Order 11246

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Jackson) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:00:00 +0000

Sept. 24, 1965

Asserting that civil rights laws alone are not enough to remedy discrimination, President Johnson issues Executive Order 11246, which enforces affirmative action for the first time. It requires government contractors to "take affirmative action" toward prospective minority employees in all aspects of hiring and employment.

Denise McNair, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson and Addie Mae Collins

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Jackson) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:00:00 +0000

Sept. 15 1963

(Birmingham, Ala.) Four young girls (Denise McNair, Cynthia Wesley, Carole Robertson, and Addie Mae Collins) attending Sunday school are killed when a bomb explodes at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, a popular location for civil rights meetings. Riots erupt in Birmingham, leading to the deaths of two more black youths.

Integration

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Jackson) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 10:00:00 +0000

Sept. 1957

(Little Rock, Ark.) Formerly all-white Central High School learns that integration is easier said than done. Nine black students are blocked from entering the school on the orders of Governor Orval Faubus. President Eisenhower sends federal troops and the National Guard to intervene on behalf of the students, who become known as the "Little Rock Nine."

March on Washington

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Jackson) — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 10:00:00 +0000

Aug. 28 1963

(Washington, D.C.) About 200,000 people join the March on Washington. Congregating at the Lincoln Memorial, participants listen as Martin Luther King delivers his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

Voting Rights Act

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Jackson) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 10:00:00 +0000

Aug. 10 1965

Congress passes the Voting Rights Act of 1965, making it easier for Southern blacks to register to vote. Literacy tests, poll taxes, and other such requirements that were used to restrict black voting are made illegal.

James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Jackson) — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 00:32:00 +0000

Aug. 4 1964

(Neshoba Country, Miss.) The bodies of three civil-rights workers—two white, one black—are found in an earthen dam, six weeks into a federal investigation backed by President Johnson. James E. Chaney, 21; Andrew Goodman, 21; and Michael Schwerner, 24, had been working to register black voters in Mississippi, and, on June 21, had gone to investigate the burning of a black church. They were arrested by the police on speeding charges, incarcerated for several hours, and then released after dark into the hands of the Ku Klux Klan, who murdered them.

Emmett Till

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Jackson) — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Aug 1955.

Fourteen-year-old Chicagoan Emmett Till is visiting family in Mississippi when he is kidnapped, brutally beaten, shot, and dumped in the Tallahatchie River for allegedly whistling at a white woman. Two white men, J. W. Milam and Roy Bryant, are arrested for the murder and acquitted by an all-white jury. They later boast about committing the murder in a Look magazine interview. The case becomes a cause célèbre of the civil rights movement.

USCG: Commandant's Corner - Journal

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Jackson) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:04:00 +0000

USCG: Commandant's Corner - Journal

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Jackson) — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:03:00 +0000

USCG: Commandant's Corner - Journal

Maori Culture vs. Emphasis on USCG Diversity

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Jackson) — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:28:00 +0000

I read this with interest on iCommandant. The post from Adm. A talks about the importance of the Maori culture. Coast Guard Report published a follow-up to the Admiral's statement.

USCG: Commandant's Corner - Journal: "It is also important to note the extensive effort New Zealand is making to create a sustainable nation, something we can all learn from. Finally, the importance and emphasis on the native Maori culture underscores an abiding respect for their indigenous people."

Civil Rights Act of 1964

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Jackson) — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:00:00 +0000

July 2 1964

: President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion, or national origin. The law also provides the federal government with the powers to enforce desegregation.

Affirmative Action

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Jackson) — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:00:00 +0000

June 23 2003

In the most important affirmative action decision since the 1978 Bakke case, the Supreme Court (5–4) upholds the University of Michigan Law School's policy, ruling that race can be one of many factors considered by colleges when selecting their students because it furthers "a compelling interest in obtaining the educational benefits that flow from a diverse student body."

(See also: Affirmative Action Timeline.)

Mississippi Civil Rights Murders

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Jackson) — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 10:00:00 +0000

June 21 2005

The ringleader of the Mississippi civil rights murders (see Aug. 4, 1964), Edgar Ray Killen, is convicted of manslaughter on the 41st anniversary of the crimes.

Medgar Evers is Murdered

noreply@blogger.com (Thomas Jackson) — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:00:00 +0000

June 12 1963

(Jackson, Miss.) Mississippi's NAACP field secretary, 37-year-old Medgar Evers, is murdered outside his home. Byron De La Beckwith is tried twice in 1964, both trials resulting in hung juries. Thirty years later he is convicted for murdering Evers.

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