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The Amercian Civil war begins and this has everyone in society scared. The start of this war was over slavery. -
The 13th Amendment made slavery abolished in the U.S. Nobody was happy about this information. -
The 14th Amendment was created, this allowed all to be treated equally despite race. -
The 15th Amendment states that racial discrimination in voting rights are banned -
The supreme Court ruled a new law stating that everyone is equal but separated. -
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded. NAACP helped with protests,stands,etc. to try to make a difference. -
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 sues the gov. and made them pay equal rights salaries to teachers of all races. -
The Supreme Court made school segregation unconstitutional in the Brown v. Board case would took place in Topeka, Kansas. -
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's "I Have a Dream" speech to bunches of people in Washington D.C. This encouraged African Amercians to take a stand. -
A bombing of a church in Birmingham, Alabama leaves four young black girls dead. -
This Voting Rights Act made it illegal to force African Americans to pass the literacy test to be able to vote -
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. -
This is the start of the MLK official holiday and has been celebrated ever since.