Civil Rights

  • Jim Crows Law

    Jim Crows Law

    The 14th Amendment gave people of color equal protection. The 15th Amendment gave black men the right to vote photo demonstrates injustice of Jim Crow laws during the time period
  • World War II and Civil Rights

    World War II and Civil Rights

    After people of color threatened to march on the white house President Franklin D. Roosevelt passed the law that people of all races could get jobs. Law passed so all races could get jobs/be employed
  • Rose Park and Montgomery Buss Boycott

    Rose Park and Montgomery Buss Boycott

    Rosa Parks refused to stand up and move to the back for another white man on the bus and started a whole boycott. The boycott lasted 381 days. 381 day long Boycott because of Rosa Park's refusal to stand up from her seat
  • Civil rights of 1957

    New civil rights bill passed due to southern states making it challenging for african americans to exercise their rights. First major civil rights bill since reconstruction
  • Little Rock Nine

    9 black students known as the little rock 9 were brought into an all white high school to start desegregation.
  • Greensboro Sit ins

    Four college students fought against segregation by refusing to leave Woolworth’s lunch counter without being served
  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders

    seven Black and six white activists mounted a bus in Washington, D.C., embarking on a bus tour of the American South to protest segregated bus terminal Shows protests during civil rights movements
  • March on Washington

    Over 200,000 people congregated in Washington D.C for a peaceful march in protest of civil rights legislation and job equity
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964

    President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the civil rights act of 1964, and President John F Kennedy initiated legislation into law that year. Shows impact of the civil rights act of 1964
  • Bloody Sunday

    600 peaceful demonstrators participated in the selma to montgomery march to protest the killing of black civil rights activist Jimmie lee jackson. Protesters were stopped by police, and through their refusal to stand down they were beaten and teargassed, and many were hospitalized.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Death

    global realization of black lives matter after his assassination
  • Jackson State Shooting

    Many students gathered causing a large group of violence and law enforcement opened fire which caused racial unrest across media
  • Shirley Chisholm Runs for U.S. Presidency

    Shirley Chisholm, the first Black woman in U.S. Congress, the first woman as well to run for a major party nomination
  • Henry Hank Hit his 715th home run

    After he beat Babe Ruth's record he was sent death threats but, Jimmy Carter spoke and helped advance civil rights
  • Regents of the university of California v, Bakke

    Banning of racial quotes in collage admissions
  • Rodney King Verdict & LA Riots

    After the police officers that beat RK were found not guilty, riots and protests began for awareness of police brutality
  • Million Man March

    The march promoted unity, responsibility, and spiritual renewal among Black men. It drew hundreds of thousands and had significant cultural and political impact.
  • Election of Barack Obama

    Obama became the first U.S president to mark a major movement in American Racial History
  • Black Lives Matter movement begins

    After the acquittal of George Zimmerman in the killing of Trayvon Martin, Opal Tometi created the phrase “Black Lives Matter” online.
  • George Floyd Protests

    Protests for racial justice and police reform after his death