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Events of The Civil Rights Movement

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  • The Fugitive Slave Act is passed

    The Fugitive Slave Act is passed

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    American Civil War

    The American Civil War was a war against the Northern and Southern states against slavery rights.

  • Emancipation Proclomation goes into effect

  • Right For Black Male Citizens to voteRegalrdless of Anything

    Right For Black Male Citizens to voteRegalrdless of Anything

    The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the right of male citizens of the United States to vote regardless of race, color or previous condition of servitude.
  • First Black Member of the U.S. House of Representatives

    First Black Member of the U.S. House of Representatives

    P. B. S. Pinchback is sworn in as the first black member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson

    The Supreme court decision of Plessy v. Fergusonrequired rcial segregation in public facilities to be "seperate but equal."

  • First Sate-Wide Grandfather Clause

    Luisiana enacts the first state-wide grandfather clause. The grandfather clause provided exemption for iliterate white men to the voter literacy test requiremnts
  • First Female African American Police Officer

    First Female African American Police Officer

    Georgia Ann Robinson became the first African-American female police officer in the country in 1916. She was a police officer for Los Angeles
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    Rosewood Massacre

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    At least six african americans and two white people were kiled by a white mob when a white woman clamed she was raped by a black man.
  • The League of United Latin American Citizens Created

    The League of United Latin American Citizens Created

    The League of United Latin American Citizens was created to fight the discrimination of hispanics in the United States. It is important because it was the first of its kind.
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    Great Depression

  • Proposal of a March on Washington

    Proposal of a March on Washington

    A. Philip Randolph proposes a March on Washington, effectively beginning the March on Washington Movement.
  • "We Charge Genocide" Petition

    "We Charge Genocide" Petition

    "We Charge Genocide" petition presented to United Nations by the Civil Rights Congress accuses United States of violating the Genocide Convention
  • Felton Turner was Attacked and Had KKK carved into his stomach

    Felton Turner was Attacked and Had KKK carved into his stomach

    Felton Turner was a young African American man who was visoucly attacked with a chain. After the beating the attackers carved three consecutive K's into his stomach symbolizing the ku Kux Klan. His survival of the attack helped galvanize the city of Huston, Texas.
  • Washington March

    Washington March

    Martin Luther King gives his I Have A Dream speech onThe March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. This march was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in history. Thousands of Americans went to Washington D.C. and stood infront on the Lincoln Memorial. While Martin Luther Kind Jr delivered his I Have A Dream speech about ending racisim.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V57lotnKGF8

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark civil rights legislation of the united states. It outlawed discrimination against race, color, nationality, gender, or religion.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    This act prohibits racial discrimination in voting. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed this act on August 6 1965.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1991 is enacted