Civil Rights Timeline

  • Thirteenth Amendment

    Thirteenth Amendment

    The "End of salvory"
  • Fourteenth Amendment

    Fourteenth Amendment

    Anyone born in the U.S. was considered a citizen
  • Fifteenth Amendment

    Fifteenth Amendment

    Everyone can vote now
  • Excutive Order 9981

    Excutive Order 9981

    Ended racism in the military
  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education

  • Ruby Bridges Death

    Ruby Bridges Death

  • Murder of Emmitt Till

    Murder of Emmitt Till

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    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    The Montgomery Bus Boycott was were people refused to ride the bus because the unfair treatment to people of color on the bus.
  • SCLC was founded

    SCLC was founded

  • Little Rock Nine

    Little Rock Nine

    9 black kids attended Little Rock Central High School
  • Greensboro Sit-in's

    Greensboro Sit-in's

    Four young African Americans sat in white only seats and refused to get up when told to get up so whites could sit there
  • SNCC was founded

    SNCC was founded

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    Freedom Rides

  • Letter from Birmingham Jail

    Letter from Birmingham Jail

    Was a letter from MLK Jr. from a jail in Birmingham
  • Murder of Medgar Evers

    Murder of Medgar Evers

  • Bombing of Birmingham

    Bombing of Birmingham

    A racist bombed a mainly black church
  • Murder of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner

    Murder of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner

  • Malcolm X was assassinated

    Malcolm X was assassinated

    Malcolm X was one of the most famous black leader during the civil rights movement
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    Bloody Sunday

  • Voting Right of 1965

    Voting Right of 1965

    Allowed African Americans the right to vote
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    Watts Riots

  • Executive Order 11246

    Executive Order 11246

    No longer allowed discrimination while hiring
  • Black Panthers were founded

    Black Panthers were founded

    The Black Panthers were created for self defense, to protect blacks from the racist/government
  • Loving v. Virginia

    Loving v. Virginia

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    Newark and Detroit race riots

  • Memphis Sanitation workers strike

    Memphis Sanitation workers strike

  • Civil Rights Acts of 1968

    Civil Rights Acts of 1968

    Also so known as the Fair Housing Act the civil rights act of 1968 was made to provide equal housing opportunities
  • Tommie Smith and John Carlos black power Olympic salute

    Tommie Smith and John Carlos black power Olympic salute

    After just coming in 1st and 3rd in the Olympics Tommie Smith and John Carlos were in a position to make a stand. So they did they threw there fist to the sky to represent Black Power
  • Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Plessy vs. Ferguson