Civil Rights Timeline By jeremiah claiborne Dec 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation issued Abrham lincoln Dec 6, 1865 13th amendment abolished slavery Jul 9, 1868 14th admendment granted protection to African Americans Feb 3, 1870 15th admendment granted right to vote to black or african Americans Mar 1, 1875 Made all stores fair to blacks May 18, 1896 Supreme Court upheld Plessy VS Fruganson racial segrgated railroads Feb 12, 1909 National Assacitol for the Advanced colored peple fromed May 17, 1954 Ruled that segrated schools were not constitutional Aug 27, 1955 Boy visiting family kiddnapped beat and killed in mississippi Dec 1, 1955 Rosa parks refused to give up her seat Feb 14, 1957 Leader ship conference issued Feb 1, 1960 4 Black students had a seat in at Woolworth lunch counter Oct 1, 1962 first black student enrolled at mississippi colledge Aug 25, 1963 More than 250,000 people joined the march to wasgington Jan 23, 1964 24th admendment was issued to abolished pollt axs
