civil rights

By Alex,contreras 1

  • 13th amendment

    The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction

  • Ku Klux Klan

    The Ku Klux Klan, commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan in recent decades, is an American white supremacist, right-wing terrorist, and hate group whose primary targets are African Americans,

  • 14th Amendment

    No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

  • 15th admendment

    The Fifteenth Amendment is passed guaranteeing the right to vote for all citizens regardless of race.

  • Jim crow laws

    Jim Crow laws become common in many southern states segregating blacks from whites.

  • Founding of the NAACP

    The NAACP is founded by African-American leaders such as W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells.

  • Jackie Robinson

    Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play major league baseball

  • End of segeration

    President Harry S. Truman ends segregation in the U.S. armed forces.

  • Brown v. Board of Education case,

    • The Supreme Court rules that segregation in the schools is unconstitutional in the Brown v. Board of Education case, overturning the earlier ruling in the Plessy v. Ferguson case.

  • Rosa Parks arrest

    • Rosa Parks is arrested for not giving up her seat on the bus. This sparks the Montgomery Bus Boycott which lasts for over a year. Eventually, segregation on the buses in Montgomery comes to an end.

  • Arkansas Nine

    • Nine African-American students in Arkansas (nicknamed the Arkansas Nine) attend a previously all-white high school. Army troops are brought in to protect them

  • The march on washington

    The March on Washington by over 200,000 protesters occurs. Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech.

  • The Birmingham Campaign

    The Birmingham Campaign takes place in Birmingham, Alabama. Schoolchildren marching in non-violent protest are met with police dogs and fire hoses. Martin Luther King, Jr. is arrested and writes his famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail."

  • Mather Luther King Wins Nobel Prize

    • Martin Luther King, Jr. is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

  • Voting rights act

    The Voting Rights Act is signed into law making it illegal to prevent any citizen from voting regardless of race.

  • Bloddy sunday

    • Marchers in Selma, Alabama are met by police with tear gas. Several marchers are injured and the day is nicknamed "Bloody Sunday."

  • Race riots

    Race riots erupt in Watts, California.

  • Thurgood Marshall

    Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African-American Supreme Court Justice.

  • Martin luther kings death

    Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.

  • Barack obama

    • Barack Obama is the first African-American elected President of the United States.