civil rights

By JGG7952

  • - The Emancipation Proclamation

    is issued by President Abraham Lincoln freeing the enslaved in the rebellious Confederate states.

  • The Thirteenth Amendment

    is passed abolishing slavery in the United States.

  • The Fourteenth Amendment

    is 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.

  • Jim Crow laws

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

  • The Supreme Court

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

  • The NAACP

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

  • Jackie Robinson

    becomes the first African-American to play major league baseba

  • President Harry S.

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

  • 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.

    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.

  • Freedom riders

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

  • Birmingam

    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.

  • he 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 law

    he 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 law

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

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

  • President Lyndon

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

  • Marchers

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

  • - Race riots erupt in Watts, California.

    ace riots erupt in Watts, California.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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