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Civil Rights Digital Timeline

  • 13th, 14th, 15th amendment.

    13th, 14th, 15th amendment.

    13th amendment get rid of slavery from all states and territories owned by the United States.14th granted citizen for all African Americans. 15th was the right it vote and would not be denied no matter the race or color
  • Tuskegee Institute created

    Tuskegee Institute created

    The idea was to have a school for African Americans for the city of Tuskegee, both of the founders were former slaves
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    for women the right to vote
  • Executive order 9981

    Executive order 9981

    get rid of discrimination in race, rolor, religion or national origin
  • Truman’s desegregation of the military

    Truman’s desegregation of the military

    Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services
  • Emmett Till's death

    Emmett Till's death

    On August 28, 1963 a young boy was hanged, because he was accused of offending a white woman in a grocery store. This death help start the justice for Emmett, and would also start the surge of the movement
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    montgomery bus boycott

    This started when Rose Parks refused to give her seat to a while man on a bus. It took 13 months for the Supreme Court to almost get rid of the segregation on public buses
  • Greensboro NC Sit-in’s

    Greensboro NC Sit-in’s

    Greensboro was a nonviolent protest against a segregated lunch counter
  • March on washington

    March on washington

    Big groups of marchers gathered at Lincoln memorial in Washington DC, This was one of the major speeches given by Martin also was called a turning point for the Civil Rights movement
  • 24 Amendment

    24 Amendment

    ended mandatory poll taxes that prevented many African Americans
  • black panthers

    black panthers

    Black panthers were black power organization, that would confront the politicians, challenge police officers, and protect other blacks from police brutality
  • Thurgood Marshall appointed to Supreme Court

    Thurgood Marshall appointed to Supreme Court

    Thurgood made history being the first black person to be appointed to the Supreme Court, also arguing the historic 1954 Brown v. Board of Education
  • cesar chavez civil rights movement

    cesar chavez civil rights movement

    Cesar chavez started a hunger strike and more other strikes for better working condition and fighting for better wages
  • Sandra Day O'Connor appointed to Supreme Court

    Sandra Day O'Connor appointed to Supreme Court

    On August 19, 1981. Sandra was appointed to the Supreme Court, also helping with voting rights, and protect people against discrimination.
  • Sonia Sotomayor appointed to Supreme Court date

    Sonia Sotomayor appointed to Supreme Court date

    Sonia Sotomayor helped prosecute assault, murder, and police brutality.