Civil Rights Movement: Desegregation Facts

First major conflict on American soil in which blacks served as soldiers: King William's War, 1689-1697Last major conflict, prior to 1948, in which blacks and whites fought in integrated units: Ame...

"They didn't mix the white and black in the [second world] war. But now it gives you a kind of independence because they felt that we gone off and fought, we should be equal. Everything started ope...

Census of 1940 U.S. population: 131.7 million Black population: 12.9 million (9.8%) Census of 1960 U.S. population: 179.3 million Black population: 18.9 million (10.5%) Life expectancy for white me...

Fair Employment Practices Commission March On Washington Movement Works Progress Administration Committee On Racial Equality National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Women's...

Freedom Rides, Freedom Riders, Freedom Rider In 1961 the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) organized black and white volunteers to travel together on buses and trains into the Deep South in order...