Civil Rights By Misael14 Jan 1, 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation Jan 31, 1865 The Thirteenth Amendment Jul 9, 1868 The Fourteenth Amendment Feb 12, 1909 The NAACP Jul 26, 1948 President Harry S. Truman ends segregation Dec 5, 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott Sep 4, 1957 Nine African-American students May 4, 1961 The Freedom Riders Apr 2, 1963 The Birmingham Campaign Aug 28, 1963 The March on Washington Jul 2, 1964 The Civil Rights Act Jan 30, 1965 Bloody Sunday Mar 7, 1965 Marchers in Selma Apr 30, 1965 Race riots erupt Aug 4, 1965 The Voting Rights Act Sep 24, 1965 Affirmative Action Aug 30, 1967 Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African-American Supreme Court Justice Apr 4, 1968 Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated Feb 26, 1970 The Fifteenth Amendment Nov 4, 2008 first African-American elected President
