Civil Rights Timeline:

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    Emancipation Proclamation
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    The 13th Amendment to the United States Abolished Slavery.

  • The 15th Amendment granted blacks the right to vote, including former slaves.

    The 15th Amendment granted blacks the right to vote, including former slaves.

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    The 15th Amendment granted blacks the right to vote, including former slaves.

  • Congress passed a third Civil Rights Act in response to many white business owners and merchants who refused to make their facilities and establishments equally available to black people.

    Congress passed a third Civil Rights Act in response to many white business owners and merchants who refused to make their facilities and establishments equally available to black people.

  • The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson upheld an 1890 Louisiana statute mandating racially segregated but equal railroad cars.

    The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson upheld an 1890 Louisiana statute mandating racially segregated but equal railroad cars.

  • The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded by a multi-racial group of activists in New York, N.Y. Initially, the group called themselves the National Negro Committee

    The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded by a multi-racial group of activists in New York, N.Y. Initially, the group called themselves the National Negro Committee