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Black Codes Are Passed By Southern States
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Fourteenth Amendment Is Ratified
Individuals born or naturalized in the United States are American citizens, including those born slaves. -
Howard's Law School Becomes First Black Law School
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Plessy vs Feguson
Case arguing that segregation is constitutional -
Fifteenth Amendment Is Ratified
Giving African American men he right to vote -
NAACP Is Founded
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Harlem Renissance
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Jackie Robinson Is Signed To The Dogers
Jackie Robinson breaks Major League's color barrier when he's signed to the Brooklyn Dogers by Branch Rickey -
Truman Signs Executive Order 9981
Executive order 9981 states ""It is hereby declared to be the policy of the President that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin." Read more: Civil Rights Movement Timeline (14th Amendment, 1964 Act, Human Rights Law) | Infoplease.com http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html#ixzz2ttVSchJ4 -
Supreme Court Rules on Brown vs. Borad Case
Supreme Court rules that segregation in schools is unconstitutional -
Emmett Till
14 year old Emmett Till is brutally beat and murdered while visiting familiy in Mississippi -
Rosa Parks Arrested
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat at the front of the "colored section" to a white passenger. -
James Meredith Becomes Frst Black Student To Enroll At University of Mississippi
Violence and roits about the incident cause Presedint Kenedy to send 5,000 federal troops -
MLK Jr. Arrested and Jailed
Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anit-segregation protests in Brimingham, Alabama. -
Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream Speech
200,000 people join the march on Washinton congregating at he Lincoln Memorial to hear Martin Luther king's I Have A Dream speech
