Civil rights

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  • First 20 slaves are sold.

    First 20 slaves are sold.

    The first 20 African American slaves are sold to settlers in Virginia.
  • First African American child born in the colony.

    First African American child born in the colony.

    WIlliam Tucker was the first African child born in the colony.
  • Constitution adopted that said that slaves counted as 3/5 of a human.

    Constitution adopted that said that slaves counted as 3/5 of a human.

    This possibly the most inhuman thing done in the history of man.
  • Cherokees

    Cherokees

    Around 18,000 cherokees are forcefully removed from there land and later resettle west of the mississppi in a trek that is later known as the trail of tears.
  • Civil War begins.

    Civil War begins.

    civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy.
  • The Emancipation Proclomation

    The Emancipation Proclomation

    It changed the federal legal status of more than 3 million enslaved persons in the designated areas of the south from slave to free.
  • Jim Crow Laws.

    Jim Crow Laws.

    The first Jim Crow laws go into effect where African Americans are seperated from white on busses.
  • Congress passes Civil rights act.

    Congress passes Civil rights act.

    African Americans equal rights in transportation, restaurant/inns, theaters and on juries.
  • President Truman signs executive order 9981 which says that equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons no matter the color, race, or religion.

    President Truman signs executive order 9981 which says that equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons no matter the color, race, or religion.

    http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html
  • Supreme Court rules that segregration in public school is unconsitutional.

    Supreme Court rules that segregration in public school is unconsitutional.

    http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html
  • Rosa Parks refuses to give up seat for white male on the whites only seating on a bus.

    Rosa Parks refuses to give up seat for white male on the whites only seating on a bus.

    http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html
  • Martin Luther King, Charles K. Steele, and Fred L. Shuttlesworth establish the Southern Christian Leadership Conference which became a major force that organized the civil rights movement.

    Martin Luther King, Charles K. Steele, and Fred L. Shuttlesworth establish the Southern Christian Leadership Conference which became a major force that organized the civil rights movement.

    http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html
  • The student Nonviolent coordinating committte is founded at shaw university.

    The student Nonviolent coordinating committte is founded at shaw university.

    It provided young blacks with a place in the civil rights movement.
  • College

    College

    James Meredith becomes the first black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. This caussed a lot of riots and forced President Kennedy to send down 5,000 troops.
  • MLK arrested

    MLK arrested

    Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham. he writes his seminal "Letter from Birmingham Jail," arguing that individuals have the moral duty to disobey unjust laws.
  • 24th Amendment

    24th Amendment

    Abolishes the poll tax, which originally had been instituted in 11 southern states after Reconstruction to make it difficult for poor blacks to vote.
  • Civil Rights Act

    Civil Rights Act

    The most sweeping civil rights legislation since Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination of all kinds based on race, color, religion, or national origin.