African American & Diaspora Studies: Civil Rights

Description of the 1948 executive order banning segregation in the United States Armed Forces.

A digital resource guide for research into the Civil Rights movement. By the University of Georgia.

"This act, signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on July 2, 1964, prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and other public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal. It was the most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction."

A timeline and event description of president Lyndon B. Johnson's activities relating to the Civil Rights movement.

Key event during Lyndon B/ Johnson's presidency. Through the University of Virginia's Miller Center.