Civil Rights Movement

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  • Emancipation Proclamation

    President Lincoln Freed Slaves

  • The 13th Amendment

    The United States put an end to slavery

  • The 15th Amendment

    Congress passed a third Civil Rights Act in response to alot of white bussniess and merchants that refused to make their facilties equal so that it could available to blacks.

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    The United States Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson approved in 1890 Louisana statue to racially segregate.

  • The National Association for Advancement of Colored People

    The NAACP was founded by a group of activists in New York.

  • Brown v. Board od education

    The US Supreme Court ruled the landmar case of Brown v. oard of education.

  • Rosa Parks Refusal

    Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus at the frony which was the "colored section".

  • President Kennedy

    President Kennedy issued Executive Order "10925" hiring on the basic of race.

  • March on Wasington

    In the March on Washington more than 250,00 people joined to march. At the Lincoln Memorial people listened to the speech "I have a dream" by Martin Luther King Jr.

  • The 24th Amendment

    The 24th Amendment put an end to the poll tax.

  • The Civil Rights Act

    The Civil Rights Act was singned by President Johnson which put an end to sgregation.