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The Decleration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence was adopted by Congress announcing that the thirteen colonies were independent states. -
Dred Scott vs. Sanford
Dred Scott vs. Sanford was ruled by the U.S. Supreme Court stating that any african being as a slave would not be protected by Constitution and would never be a U.S. citizen. -
The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation is a written order by President Lincoln stating the 3.1 out of the 4 million of the slaves are to be imediately freed. -
Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment officially abolished slavery. -
The Fifteenth Amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment prohibits Government from denying an citzen's suffrage based on their "race, color, or previous condition of servitude". -
The Fourteenth Amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment was adopted as a Reconstruction Amendment consisting of three clauses; the Citizenship Clause, the Due Process Clause, and the Equal Protection Clause. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson was a United States Supreme Court decision requiring racial segregration in private buisnesses. -
President Truman issues an executive order
Truman issues an order that gives the opportunity of "equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed forces without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin." -
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka
A decision made by the United States Supreme Court declaring state laws that established seperate schools for the whites and the blacks unconstitutional. -
Roses Parks refuses to agree with segregation
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat to a white person. -
Little Rock Nine
Nine black teenagers walked up to Little Rock Highschool trying to enter and enroll while the National Guard blocks them from entering. -
Greensboro Sit-Ins
Four black college students attack social orders of the time by siting in a area where black patrons were not served. -
Freedom Rides Begin
Civil Rights activists rode buses down to segregated states to fight against the United States Supreme Court decision Boynton v. Virginia. -
Medgar Evers is killed
Medgar Evers, a civil rigts activist, was assassinated when he was 37. -
"I Have A Dream"
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a speech publicly calling for racial equality and the end to racial descrimination. -
The Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act was a piece of legislaton outlawing descrimination against black people and women. -
Civil Rights Act is signed
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 prohibiting discrimination concerning the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin. -
Selma to Montgomery March
The Selma to Montgomery March was a series of marches for voting rights. In the end Malcolm X was assassinated. -
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was the first black-american to serve in the Supreme Court as a American jurist. -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s end
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Menphis, Tennessee at the age 39.