AACR Timeline

By 1qwdryk
  • The 13th

    The 13th amendment made slavery not okay along with "involuntary servitude" unless it's punishment for a crime.
  • The 14th

    The 14th amendment granted citizenship to people who are born or naturalized in the US of A
  • The 15th

    The 15th amendment granted any person the right to vote no matter race, religion, past, etc..
  • Plessy V Furg.

    P v F was a supreme court case where Plessy was arguing the "separate car act" and how it was against "separate but equal"
  • Wilmington Coup

    Also known as the Wilmington Massacre, this was an event where hundreds of Black residents were murdered or banished in a multi-racially controlled governmental town.
  • NAACP

    The NAACP was an organization formed for the justice of colored people.
  • Desegregated US military

    This one's pretty self explanatory, in 1948, Harry Truman made an order that abolished discrimination of people in the armed forces
  • Brown V Board of Education of Topeka

    Brown V board of edu. Topeka was a case that was brought all the way up to the supreme court where is was ruled that segregation in school was unconstitutional
  • Emmett Till's Murder

    Emmett Till was accused by a white woman that he sexually assaulted her leading to her husband and his friend abducting, torturing him until he was unidentifiable then lynching him and dumping him in a river. The boy was 14 years old.
  • Rosa Parks Arrested

    This event was staged where a woman named Rosa Parks was told to give up her seat on a bus for a white man because that's what colored people were supposed to do but she refused, leading to her arrest.
  • Little Rock Nine

    "Little Rock Nine" was a group of 9 black students who stood up for the colored community and challenged the segregation based on race and all enrolled in an all whites school
  • Civil Rights Act of '57

    This was the first ever civil rights act that was passed and it increased protection in voting and help guide the civil rights law
  • Greensboro Sit-in

  • Freedom Rides

  • "I have a dream"

    "I have a dream" was a speech that Martin Luther King Junior gave at the Lincoln memorial (because Lincoln also gave inspiring speeches)
  • Civil Rights Act of '64

    This civil rights act says no to the discrimination based on race, religion, culture, ethnicity, sex, and so on.
  • March from Selma to Montgomery

    The Selma to Montgomery March was 3 protest marches along a 54 mile long highway (that's long) and was led by nonviolent activists for the desire of colored people being able to exercise their constitutional rights
  • Voting rights act of '65

    This civil rights act prohibited racial discrimination within voting and was amended later a total of 5 times
  • MLK Assassination

    Martin Luther King Junior, a heavily inspiring speaker for colored people was assassinated.
  • Swann v Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

    This was a state supreme court case about promoting integration into public schools (some schools are still having that issue)