Civil Rights Movement

U.S Constitution

Jan 1, 1789

-U.S Constitution took away the rights of African Americans

Civil Rights Movement

Period: Jan 1, 1789 to Jan 1, 2003

President Eisenhower

Jan 1, 1890

-Ordered National Guard to protect African American students
-Desegregation

Civil Rights Movement

Jan 1, 1950

-Civil Rights Movement bagan

Emmett Till

Aug 1, 1955

-African American teenager was beaten and killed by two white men

Rosa Parks

Dec 1, 1955

-African Americn women arrested for not giving up her seat to a white man on a public bus

Oxford student

Jan 1, 1962

-James Meredith was the first African American student admitted to Oxford
-Needed 24 hour bodyguard protection
-Riots were started when James enrolled

Kennedy's demands

May 1, 1963

-Kennedy order Geoge C. Wallace to step aside
-African American students attend the University of Alabama

March on Washington D.C

Aug 28, 1963

-Nations capital Washington D.C
-African Americans march for jobs and freedom

Voting Rights Act

Jan 1, 1965

-1964 to 1968
-Voting Rights Act to help African Americans register to vote

Fair Housing Act

Jan 1, 1968

-Racial descrimination
-Most houses in the nation were not to be sold or rented to African Americans

Law School

Jan 1, 2003

-Law School program gave special consideration to minority students
-Legal