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Civil Rights Timeline
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U.S. Bans Slave Importation
However, illegal slave trade continues. -
Missouri Compromise
This was created so there was a balance between the 12 free and 12 slave states. -
The Fugitive Slave Act
This Act legally mandated the return of any runaway slaves, without regard of the location within the Union where they were at the time of their discovery/capture. -
The Dred Scott Decision
Court rules that that slaves do not become free when taken into a free state and that blacks cannot become citizens. -
Civil War Begins
Southern states secede to form the Confederate States of America. -
Emancipation Proclamation
President Lincoln issues this in order to free "all slaves in areas still in rebellion." -
The End of the Civl War
The 13th Amendment was created, which tabolished slavery. -
The 14th Amendment is Ratified
This requires equal protection under the law to all persons. -
The 15th Amendment is Ratified
This bans racial discrimination in voting. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy challenged a Louisiana statue requiring that railroads provide separate accommodations for blacks and whites. The Court found that separate but equal accommodations did not violate the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. -
Founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
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Brown v. Board of Education
U.S. Supreme Court decision holding that school segregation is inherently unconstitutional because it violates the Fourteenth Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection. Marked the end of legal segregation in the U.S. -
Rosa Parks Arrested
In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to move to the back of the bus. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
It prohibited discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
