President Lyndon B. Johnson issued the Executive Order 11246. It prohibited employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, and national origin.
The Watts Riot began, brought on by residents who were fed up after years of economic and political isolation. The rioters eventually spread over a 50s square mile area of South Central Los Angeles as they looted stores, torched buildings, and beat whites as snipers fired at police and firefighters.
State troopers in Alabama attack civil rights marchers (who were unarmed) after they passed the county line. In New York City, Malcolm X, is assassinated by rival Black Muslims.
It happens while addressing the Organization of African-American Unity. . The Voting Rights Act is signed into law on August 6, 1965. It aimed to overcome legal barriers that prevented African Americans from using their right to vote.
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