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Civil War
The Amercian Civil war begins and this has everyone in society scared. The start of this war was over slavery. -
13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment made slavery abolished in the U.S. Nobody was happy about this information. -
14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment was created, this allowed all to be treated equally despite race. -
15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment states that racial discrimination in voting rights are banned -
Separate but Equal
The supreme Court ruled a new law stating that everyone is equal but separated. -
NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded. NAACP helped with protests,stands,etc. to try to make a difference. -
The rise of the KKK
What's known as the Ku Klux Klan makes an appearance on Washington D.C. They then attacked African Americans, Immigrants, Catholics, and Jews. -
NAACP
NAACP sues the gov. and made them pay equal rights salaries to teachers of all races. -
Brown v. Board of Education
The Supreme Court made school segregation unconstitutional in the Brown v. Board case would took place in Topeka, Kansas. -
Rosa Parks Incident
Rosa Parks was jailed and fined for not complying to move out of her seat for a white man in Montgomery, Alabama. This was the start of changes. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech to bunches of people in Washington D.C. This encouraged African Amercians to take a stand. -
Church Bombing
A bombing of a church in Birmingham, Alabama leaves four young black girls dead. -
Voting Rights Act
This Voting Rights Act made it illegal to force African Americans to pass the literacy test to be able to vote -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination
MLK was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee. The man named James Earl Ray was guilty in 1969 and sentenced to 99 years in the Missouri State Penitentiary. -
Martin Luther King Jr. holiday
This is the start of the MLK official holiday and has been celebrated ever since.