American history time line

  • The 13th amendment

    The 13th amendment
    The 13th allowed all slaves to be freed.
  • NAACP founded

    NAACP founded
    Naacp founded for African American rights.
  • Jackie Robinson

    Jackie Robinson
    Joined the Brooklyn Dodgers and was the first African American to join the MLB
  • Core was founded

    Core was founded
    The core was founded for Racial Equality.
  • Military desecrated

    Military desecrated
    The U.s. the military becomes desegregated.
  • NAACP court cases

    NAACP court cases
    Naacp won a number of court cases towards the civil rights movement.
  • Brown vs board

    Brown vs board
    Brown vs board of education was Created for the inequality of segregated schools.
  • U.s. Joins the vietnam war

    U.s. Joins the vietnam war
    On this date the u.s. Joins the Vietnam war.
  • Rosa parks

    Rosa parks
    Rosa Parks doesn't get up when asked to my white male and serves time in jail for it.
  • ku klux clan

    ku klux clan
    ku Klux clan has a revival when civil rights protest started.
  • congress

    congress
    In this year 100 southern members of Congress are endorsed.
  • sclc

    sclc
    SCLC was founded for The southern Christian leadership conference for African Americans.
  • civil rights act of 1957

    civil rights act of 1957
    On this date, the civil rights act is passed and signed by Dwight D Eisenhower.
  • Sit ins

    Sit ins
    Four African American students take place in sit-ins which really triggered the people that still wanted segregation.
  • SDS

    SDS
  • Freedom rides

    Freedom rides
    African Americans rode buses into southern states to protest.
  • martin Luther king

    martin Luther king
    martin Luther king joins Demonstration.
  • letters from mlk in jail

    letters from mlk in jail
    Letters received from MLK jr from his jail cell in Birmingham Alabama.
  • March on Washington

    March on Washington
    over 200 thousand demonstrators take part on the march on Washington.
  • Detroit walk to freedom

    Detroit walk to freedom
    On this date, 49 people died trying to get civil rights
  • Church bombing

    Church bombing
    The church bombing in Alabama took the lives of 4 innocent African American girls and sparked more angry people to take part in the civil rights movement.
  • JFK assassination

    JFK assassination
    JFK was assassinated in his limo when riding through the streets of Dallas texas.
  • Beatles mania

    Beatles mania
    The famous band beadles caused people to fall in love with there music.
  • The 24th amendment

    The 24th amendment
    the 24 amendments were passed.
  • president Jonson

     president Jonson
    president Jonson passes the civil rights act of 1964.
  • Malcolm x

    Malcolm x
    Malcolm x was shot and killed.
  • bloody Sunday

    bloody Sunday
    Bloody Sunday occurred when the march on Montgomery happened.
  • Teach ins Start

    Teach ins Start
    Teach-ins start because they are against the Vietnam war.
  • voting rights

    voting rights
    Voting rights of 1965 allowed African Americans to vote.
  • Medicare

    Medicare
    Was created for the wellness of the Elderly or disabled or people with low income.
  • Water restoration Act

    Water restoration Act
    Was put in place to get an outcome of Better water quality
  • National traffic safty act

    National traffic safty act
    was created for the safety of all motors my enforcing people to wear the seatbelts and eventually make car manufacturers put airbags in cars.
  • Air quality act of 1967

    Air quality act of 1967
    air quality act of 1967 prevented car companies and factories from producing so much pollution.
  • My lai public mascara

    My lai public mascara
    On this late the u.s. the military attacked a bunch of Vietnam citizens and killed them all.
  • MLK jr Assassination

    MLK jr Assassination
    MLK jr assassinated.
  • Rfk assignation

    Rfk assignation
    On this date, RFk Was assassinated.
  • Nixon is elected

    Nixon is elected
    On this date, Nixion is elected and takes the place of Rfk.
  • Woodstock

    Woodstock
    the biggest concert that ever took place for rock and roll to this day.
  • EPA

    EPA
    The EPA was created.
  • The 26th amendment

    The 26th amendment
    The 26th addmentet was passed on this date to allow 18-year-olds to vote a lot of people wanted it because you had to be 18 to draft but 21 to vote they wanted a say in who was in the office.
  • Paris peace accords passed

    Paris peace accords passed
    The Paris peace accords were passed on this date.
  • Congress passed the war powers act

    Congress passed the war powers act
    Was passed to help Some country's not as powerful as others.
  • Vietnam war is over.

    Vietnam war is over.
    On this date, the Vietnam war is officially over.
  • Vietnam becomes communist

    Vietnam becomes communist
    On this date, North Vietnam and South Vietnam united as a communist.
  • Vietnam War memorial created.

    Vietnam War memorial created.
    on this date, the Vietnam memorial was created for the fallen soldiers.