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the American Civil War
The Civil War in America to end all slavery in the South -
The Thirteenth Ammendment
The Thirteenth Amendment is passed and slavery is officially abolished from the United States. -
Lincoln Assasinated
President Abraham Lincoln, the president who abolished slavery, is assassinated. -
The Fourteenth Ammendment
The Fourteenth Ammendment is passed, giving all African American's American citizenship. -
Civil Rights Act Passed
A country wide law, Civil Rights Act is passed giving all black citizens the right to equal treatment in public and on any public transportation. -
Civil Rights Act deemed unconstitutional
US Supreme Court declares the Civil Rights Act to be unconstitutional because laws covered by the Civil Rights Act should be left up to individual states, not the federal government. Individual states now again allowed to discriminate in any way they want against black citizens. -
NAACP sues government
The National Association of the Advancement of Colored People sues the American Governement to make them pay black and white people equal salary. -
Rosa Parks bus incident
Rosa Parks, a civil rights activist, is arrested for refusing to give up her seat for a white person, in Montgomery, Alabama. Martin Luther King Jr. leads to a boycott of Montgomery buses that lasts over a year. -
The Little Rock Nine
Nine black students integrate with white students at Central High School in Little Rock, AR. President Dwight Eisenhower sends the paratroopers in to ward off any violence. -
"I Have A Dream"
More than 250,000 civil rights demonstrators march on Washington, DC, where Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I Have A Dream" speech. -
Nobel Peace Prize
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wins a Nobel Peace Prize for his courageous fight for civil rights in the USA. -
Assasination
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is assasinated by John Earl Ray in Memphis, where he went to make a speech to striking garbage workers. -
First Black Woman Mayor
Unita Blackwell, founding member of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, becomes the first black woman mayor in the history of Mississippi in the city of Mayersville. She had once been denied the right to vote there. -
First African American President
Barack Obama becomes the first Africa-American President in the history of America.
