Civil Rights: Chronology

By mburton
  • Cristobal Colon reaches America
    1492

    Cristobal Colon reaches America

  • Jamestown set up

    Jamestown set up

    First European colony in North America
  • Slaves sold in Virginia

    Slaves sold in Virginia

    The first 20 slaves were sold to the settlers in Virginia
  • Pilgrim Fathers reached America with the Mayflower

    Pilgrim Fathers reached America with the Mayflower

    13 colonies were founded and divided into New England, Middle Colonies and Southern Colonies
  • Declaration of Independence

    Declaration of Independence

  • The Constitution was passed

    The Constitution was passed

  • Outbreak Civil War

    Outbreak Civil War

    The north battled against the south for the abolition of slavery
  • End of Civil War

    End of Civil War

  • Klu Klux Klan was created

    Klu Klux Klan was created

    Organisation against blacks in the southern states
  • 14th Amendment is passed

    14th Amendment is passed

    African Americans become full citizens
  • 15th Amendment is passed

    15th Amendment is passed

    Right to vote won't be denied on account of race
  • 1st "Jim Crow" Law

    1st "Jim Crow" Law

    Segregation in Tennessee. Blacks and whites should be separated in trains
  • Wyoming becomes first state to grant women right to vote

    Wyoming becomes first state to grant women right to vote

  • Approval of "Separate but equal" facilities

    Approval of laws requiring racial segregation as long as those laws didn't allow for separate accommodations.

  • NAACP founded

    The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded

  • 19th amendant is passed

    Women are granted the right to vote

  • ACLU founded

    American Civil Liberties Union founded

  • Roosevelt Issues Order relocating Japanese-American

    Executive order requiring relocation of most Japanese-American from certain west coast states.