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13, 14, 15 amendments
The 13 amendment freed the slaves and prohibited the practice in the US. The 14th amendment granted citizenship to the slaves and those born in the US. The 15th Amendment made it so any male could vote regardless of skin color. This was literally step one towards civil rights. -
Tuskegee Institute Created
The historically black institute was formed by Booker T. Washington and allowed for a place for african americans to gain a higher education. The university was also home to the Tuskegee Airmen during WWII and the institute as a whole has provided a place of schooling for african americans. -
Plessy Vs Ferguson
Plessy v Ferguson established the idea of separate but equal, essentially being the catalyst for segregation throughout the country. It ensured that African Americans would be discriminated against and thus must fight for civil rights. -
19th amendment
The 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. This was something that had been a long time coming in the country and helped establish women as part of the civil rights movement in its infancy. It also pushed women one step closer to equality. -
Brown V. Board of Education
Brown V Board of Education ensured that schools would no longer be segregated because of race. It was a unanimous decision by the supreme court, and this set the precedent that separate by equal needed to and could be done away with. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
After Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger, thousands of African Americans boycotted the busses in Alabama. This event was organized by MLK and led to him becoming a prominent leader of the civil rights movement. -
Little Rock 9
The little rock 9 were a group of 9 students that attended a formerly all white school in arkansas after the decision of Brown V Board. The integration, while establishing support from the government, was met by backlash as plenty of people still agreed with the sentiment of separate but equal. -
MLK Letter from Birmingham Jail
After MLK had been arrested, he wrote his letter from birmingham jail to attempt to garner support from the american people, and more specifically, the president John F Kennedy. He was successful as John F Kennedy and LBJ remained sympathetic to the civil rights movement. -
March on Washington
MLK led the march of over 250,000 people through washington where he delivered his famous "I have a dream" speech. The display was to bring the idea of equality for African Americans right to the governments doorstep and in a way, it helped cement the passing of the CR Act in 1964. -
Civil Rights Act
The civil rights act effectively ended all legal discrimination in the country. This means that the segregation of public facilities was no longer legal underlaw, and businesses were required to treat African Americans equally. This landmark establishes that the civil rights movement was successful. -
March from Selma to Alabama
The march occurred in solidarity for the fact that even after the CRA in 1964, AA were still facing obstruction from registering to vote. The would ultimately lead to the voting rights act in 1965 -
Voting Rights Act
The voting rights act undid all of the outrageous voting restrictions that were put in place to prevent AA from registering to vote, even though it was legal. This could be considered the end of the civil rights movement legally. -
Black Panthers
The Black Panthers formed as a way to protect AA throughout california in a manner that was different that MLK's non-violence, to prevent legal discrimination that occurred but wasn't included in the civil rights act, such as police brutality. Modern orgs like BLM bare resemblance to the black panthers. -
Thurgood Marshall appointed to Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall was the first AA man who was appointed to the supreme court. Marshalls appointment displayed changing times for the country and a diversifying government. -
MLK Assassinated
MLK was assassinated on his hotel balcony by James Earl Ray. Ray was sentenced to 99 years in jail, but the king family believed that he was a scapegoat in a greater conspiracy. MLK's death was the latter of 4 prominent civil rights leader deaths in the 1960s.