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Civil Rights

By Zbigley

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson
    Our DocumentsPlessy tried to sit in the white railway car and refused to move to the black railway car when Furguson wanted his seat. He was found guilty and arrested for violating the 8190 Louisiana statute "Separate but equal"

  • Niagara Movement Founded

    Niagara Movement Founded
    Niagara Movement
    29 well known African American buinessmen met and founded the Niagara Movement, named for the powerful wave they wished to unleash. Ancestor to the NAACP

  • Creation of the NAACP

    Creation of the NAACP
    American civil rights orginization, the National Assosiation for the Advancement of Colored People. This orginization was an important in fighting the Jim Crow Laws and segregation.

  • Supreme Court Owtlaws Grandfather Clause

    Supreme Court Owtlaws Grandfather Clause
    History CommonsSupreme court declared Oklahoma's Grandfather Clause, because it violated equal voting rights given by the Fifteenth Amendment. This made it possible for African Americans to vote.

  • Executive Order 8802

    Executive Order 8802
    Our Documents
    President Roosevelt bans workplace discrimination based on race.

  • Korematsu v. U.S.

    Korematsu v. U.S.
    Case BriefA millitary commander ordered all people of Japanese decent to evacuate the West Coast during WW2. One man failed to comply and was convicted. (Specific date not specified) A case that shows racism was rampant, even in our military.

  • Jackie Robinson Joins Dodgers

    Jackie Robinson Joins Dodgers
    History
    Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier by becoming the first major league baseball player when he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers.

  • Brown v. The Board of Education

    Brown v. The Board of Education
    Brown v. The Board of Education
    The Supreme Court unanimously decided to outlaw school segregation.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott
    Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to move to the back of the bus when a white man wanted her seat. Marked the begining of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

  • Little Rock 9

    Little Rock 9
    Little Rock 9Nine children were integrated into Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas. They were rejected by the children and parents, and had to be guarded. Major event for desegregation.

  • Integrating the Univercity of Mississippi

    Integrating the Univercity of Mississippi
    James Meredith Bio
    James Mason was the first African American to enroll in the Univercity of Mississippi. When he applied before, he was accepted until they withdrew him after discovering his race. He filed a suit, and the Supreme Court was in his favor.

  • Letter from Birmingham Jail

    Letter from Birmingham Jail
    Letter From Birmingham JailMartin Luther King Jr. Wrote a letter addressing his supporters and followers when he was arrested. The letter was written to support the idea of peacefull protest.

  • Medgar Evers Murdered

    Medgar Evers Murdered
    Medgar Evers Biography
    Civil rights activist Medgar Evers was shot in the back and killed hour after President John F. Kennedy's speech supporting civil rights.

  • March on Washington

    March on Washington
    March on Washington
    A giant parade of 200,000 people sucsessfully pressured John F. Kennedy to initiate a federal civil rights bill. This was the event where the I Have a Dream speech was delivered.