Civil Rights Timeline By JaQuan Edwards Jan 1, 1863 Emancipation Proclamation frees slaves Dec 6, 1865 The 13th Amendment abolished slavery Feb 3, 1870 15th Amendment gave african americans the right to vote May 18, 1896 The Plessy v. Ferguson case Feb 12, 1909 The NAACP was founded May 17, 1954 Brown v. Board of education of Topeka Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus Sep 2, 1957 An all white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas was integrated by nine black students called the little nine Feb 1, 1960 Four african -american students from North Carolina A&T started a sit-in at a segragrated diner Sep 15, 1963 Four young girls were kiled by an exploding bomb at sunday school Jan 23, 1964 The 24th Amendment abolished poll tax (something that made it hard for slaves to vote Jul 2, 1964 The Civil Rights Act http://apps.npr.org/behind-the-civil-rights-act/assets/section-images/7job.jpg