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First Civil Rights Act
The First Civil Rights Act was April 9, 1866. It was the first United States federal law to define citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. It was mainly intended to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent born in or brought to America. -
Second Civil Rights Act
The second cuvil rights act was passed on March 1, 1875 by President Ulysses S. Grant (sometimes called Enforcement Act or Force Act) was U.S. Federal Law that guarenteed African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and to prohibit exclusion from jury service. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson was a court case that ruled that 'seperate but equal' was a fair treatment even though the seperate facilities were clearly not equal to the 'colored' which led to other cases. -
Klu Klux Klan
After the civil war, during the 1860's, racist southerns formed a all white group with the thought of white supremacy. This group peaked during the 1920s, fighting against segregation with millions of followers. They beat and murdered blacks and even burned their houses. It is believed that this group still has a few members today. -
Committee of Civil Rights
The President's Committee on Civil Rights (PCCR) was established by Executive Order of Harry Truman, who was president at the time, in 1946. The committee was instructed to investigate the status of civil rights in the country and propose measures to strengthen and protect them. -
Jackie Robinson
On April 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson become the first African American man to play in the MLB. When he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, He ended racial segregation in MLB. -
Jackie Robinson
On April 15, 1947 Jackie Robinson become the first African American man to play in the MLB. When he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, He ended racial segregation in MLB. -
A. Phillip Randolph
Asa Phillip Randolph was an american civil rights activist who was born in 1889, and died in 1979. Asa was the founder of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights (LCCR) in 1950. -
Brown V. Board of Education: Topeka, Kansas
Brown V. Board of education was a court case in Topeka, Kansas that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. This of course ended the state segregation ruling in the Plessy V. Ferguson case. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
On December 1st a woman named Rosa Parks Refused to give her seat to a white person who was standing on the bus and went to jail because of this. Southern blacks start protessting Montgomery's city buses due to racial descrimination. this even was organized by Martin Luther King Jr. This even gave inspiration to others in the southern area. -
Little Rock Crisis; Governor Faubus
On September 4, 1957, Governor Faubus sent troops from the National Guard to stop the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas -
Elizabeth Eckford
On September 14, 1957 Elizabeth Eckford and eight others tried to attended the Little Rock Central HIgh School, dispite great opposition. The national guard, under the control of the governor blocked the door. Later President Eisenhower took control of the national guard and escorted them to school. -
James Meredith
James was an Air Force veteran who tried to attend Ole Miss just after is was segregated. He was met with blocked doors by the Governor himself. Later the president ordered federal marshalls to protect him. Riots broke out and thousands of national guard troops were called in to stop rioting. Later James became a writer and political adviser for the civil rights movements. -
Martin Luther King Jr. is arrested in Birmingham
In april of 1963 Martin Luther King was arrested while protesting the ttreatment of blacks in Birmingham, Alabama. He was in jail for eleven days and in this time he wrote the 'Letter from Birmingham City Jail'. The court sail he could no longer protest in Birmingham. -
Clyde Kennard
Clyde Kennard was a military veteran who attended college in chicago but did not finish. He moved to Mississippi and tried to finish at the University of Southern Miss, but they rejected him dispite the law that banned it. He went to jail with false charges where he was found with cancer. He then went on parol and dies later that year in July 1963 -
Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act was passed on August 6, 1965 by president Lyndon B. Johnson. This act enforced the Fourteenth and Fithteenth amendmets of the constitution, which of course enforced voting rights for blacks. -
Black Panthers
The Black Panthers was founded by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale in October 1966. The Black Panthers were found to give self defense to blacks in Oakland, California. -
MLK's Assassination
On April 4, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968 on his hotel balcany in Mephis, Tennessee while he was there to protest unequal treatmeant -
Black Power Movement at its peak
During the late 1960s and early 1970s the Black Power Movement was at its peak. The movement was a violent one that fought against racism and wanted to create a socialist self-sufficient economy,
