Civil rights

By KevinRuiz445

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    officially Proclamation 95, was a presidential proclamation and executive order issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, during the Civil Wa

  • The Thirteenth Amendment

    The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime

  • The Fourteenth Amendment

    passed guaranteeing all African-Americans the rights of full U.S. citizens.

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

    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.

  • The Supreme Court rules

    rules that segregation is legal in the Plessy v. Ferguson case using the "separate but equal" argument.

  • 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.

  • President Harry S.

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

  • - 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.

  • 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 Freedom Riders

    The Freedom Riders protest by riding buses into the segregated southern states challenging their Jim Crow
    laws.

  • 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."

  • The March on Washington

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

  • The Civil Rights Act

    is signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlaws discrimination based on race, national origin, and gender. It also outlaws segregation and the Jim Crow laws.

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

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

  • Marchers in Selma,

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

  • The Voting Rights Act

    s signed into law making it illegal to prevent any citizen from voting regardless of race.

  • Race riots

    Race riots erupt in Watts, California.

  • President Lyndon Johnson

    President Lyndon Johnson issues an order requiring "Affirmative Action" in hiring minorities for federal
    government work.

  • Thurgood Marshall

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

  • Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

  • Colin Powell

    is appointed as the first African-American Secretary of State.

  • Barack Obama

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