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The 14th amendment is ratified, granting citizenship to all people born in the united states, regardless of race, gender, ect.
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The first place where African American people could go to educate themselves on how to teach others, founded by Booker T. Washington
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Created an idea of separate but equal, which would last for more than half a century.
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or the NAACP is founded in New York
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Women now have the right to vote, freeing the political voices of Women across the United States
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Lyndon B. Johnson bans discrimination based on race from government offices.
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The rule of separate but equal is overturned with this case, the the removal of separate but equal policies begins here, and will continue for another decade.
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Nine Black Students attempted to attend little rock high school, and due to hostilities, the national guard had to escort.
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The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is founded in Atlanta Georgia
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Early civil rights act which was dialed back in following years.
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The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, or SNCC is founded in Raleigh North Carolina
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A movement of Latin American murals supporting civil rights for Latin Americans
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Freedom Rides through the south in attempt to protest southern discrimination.
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An open letter written by MLK, which while not as famous as his "I have a dream speech", gives
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Millions Gather near the Washington Monument and Reflection Pool to hear speeches from famous civil rights leaders, and Martin Luther King Jr. gives his famous "I have a Dream" Speech.
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Removed all voting polls from any US voting services.
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The Civil Rights Act goes into effect today, prohibiting discrimination based on race, gender, etc.
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The Voting Rights Act goes into effect, opening up the political voice of African Americans everywhere in the US.
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Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African American to join the supreme court.
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MLK is assassinated by James Earl Ray in Memphis Tennessee
