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Slavery is abolished -
The KKK used violence, intimidation, and assassinations -
The 15th amendment is ratified granting black men the right to vote and congress the power to enforce the right. -
the 19th amendment is adopted granting women the right to vote -
Supreme court ruling that declared racial segregation in public schools overturning Plessy v. Ferguson -
A 14 year old boy from Chicago is brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman -
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus. -
A document signed by 101 Southern congressmen condemning the Supreme Court’s decision in Brown v. Board of Education -
Protest against segregation after Rosa parks refused to giver up her seat to a white person -
The FBI, under J. Edgar Hoover, launched COINTELPRO to undermine civil rights leaders and organizations.Leaders like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were subjected to wiretaps, harassment, and smear campaigns to discredit their activism. -
Nine black students arrived at central high school to begin classes but instead were met by the Arkansas national guard and a screaming threatening mob -
Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus ordered the National Guard to block the entry of nine Black students (Little Rock Nine) into Central High School. -
Four college students took a stand against segregation when they refused to leave without being served -
Ruby is escorted by four armed federal marshals and becomes the first student to integrate to communities Wikipedia Frantz Elementary school in New Orleans. -
A group of white and African Americans who protested against segregated bus terminals -
Protests that brought national attention to racial segregation in Alabama -
George C Wallace stands in a doorway at the university of Alabama to block two black students from registering -
MLK gives his I have a dream speech with approximately 250,000 people present https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP4iY1TtS3s
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200,000 people of all races congregated in Washington for a peaceful march with the purpose of forcing civil rights and establishing equality for everyone -
Four young girls are killed and injures several other people prior to Sunday services -
35th president of the United States was assassinated during a presidential motorcade -
Federal programs aimed at reducing economic disparities, especially in Black communities -
Abolished poll taxes, which were used to disenfranchise Black voters -
Prohibited discrimination in public places, schools, and employment
Library of Congress -
Southern senators, including Strom Thurmond, used a record breaking filibuster to delay and resist the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 -
Civil rights leader was assassinated during a speech in manhattan -
President Johnson signed the act to prevent the use of literacy tests as a voting requirement. It also allowed federal examiners to review voter qualifications and federal observers to monitor polling places. -
Supreme court case that struck down laws banning interracial marriage -
MLK is assassinated on the balcony of his hotel room in Memphis Tennessee. -
Banned housing discrimination based on race, religion, or national origin.