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Dred Scott v. SandfordDred Scott v. Sandford was a big supreme court case that said that African American, whether enslaved or free, were not American Citizens.
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Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
13th Amendment was adopted, abolishing slavery -
Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the law for African Americans -
Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
Prohibts the denying of a vote from a citizen based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude -
Segregation of Railroad Cars
Tennessee segregates railroad cars, followed by Florida (1887); Mississippi (1888); Texas (1889); Louisiana (1890); Alabama, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Georgia (1891); South Carolina (1898); North Carolina (1899); Virginia (1900); Maryland (1904); and Oklahoma (1907). -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy vs. Ferguson: Supreme Court decides that "separate but equal" facilities satisfy 14th Amendment guarantees, thus giving legal sanction to "Jim Crow" segregation laws. -
Streetcar Segregation Act of 1903
The Streetcar Segregation Act, adopted by the Arkansas legislature in 1903, assigned African-American and white passengers to “separate but equal” sections of streetcars. -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is formed to promote use of the courts to restore the legal rights of African-Americans. -
Woodrow Wilson
Federal segregation. Wilson administration begins government-wide segregation of work places, rest-rooms and lunch rooms. -
Jesse Owens
African-American Jesse Owens rebuffs Hitler's claims of White supremacy by capturing four gold medals at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. -
Brown v. Boar of Education
Brown vs. Board of Education: Supreme Court bans school segregation. First "White Citizens" council forms in Mississippi in response to Supreme Court's Brown decision.
