civil war timeline

  • 13th ammendment

    13th ammendment
    Abolished slavery,¨within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction¨
  • 14th amendment

    14th amendment
    Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law. One of the most used amendments in court to date regarding the equal protection clause.
  • 15th amendment

    15th amendment
    Granted african american men the right to vote
  • Tuskegee Institute created

    Tuskegee Institute created
    Providing training for african americans and helping them develop economic self-reliance through the mastery of manual trades.
  • Plessy v Freguson

    Plessy v Freguson
    Upheld the constitutionally of racial segregation under the ¨separate but equal¨ doctrine
  • NAACP created

    NAACP created
    The springfield riot was the final tipping point that led to the creation of the NAACP
  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment
    Granted women the right to vote
  • Brown v. Board education

    Brown v. Board education
    Prohibits the states from denying equal protection of the laws to any person within their jurisdictions
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott
    Civil rights protest during which african americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama
  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference formed

    Southern Christian Leadership Conference formed
    To coordinate the action of local protest groups throughout the South
  • Little Rock 9

    Little Rock 9
    The first african american students to enter little rocks central high school
  • Civil rights act of 1957

    Civil rights act of 1957
    First civil rights legislation since Reconstruction
  • Greensboro, NC sit ins

    Greensboro, NC sit ins
    ACt of nonviolent protest against a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina
  • STudent Nonviolent coordinating committee formed

    STudent Nonviolent coordinating committee formed
    Coordinate youth-led nonviokent, direct-action campaigns against segregation and other forms of racism
  • Chicano movement (mural movement)

    Chicano movement (mural movement)
    Advocated social and political empowerment through a chicanismo or cultural nationalism
  • Freedom riders

    Freedom riders
    A series of political protests against segregation by Blacks and whites who rode buses together.
  • DR.KIngs: Letter from a Birmingham Jail¨

    DR.KIngs: Letter from a Birmingham Jail¨
    A full-throated defense of the Birmingham protest campaigning
  • Cesar Chavez

    Cesar Chavez
    Dedicated his life's work to the struggle of farm workers in the U>S to improve their working and living conditions through organizing and negotiating contracts with their employers.
  • Equal rights amendment proposed

    Equal rights amendment proposed
    To provide for the legal equality of the sexes and prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex
  • Executive Order 1981

    Executive Order 1981
    Directed that black americans be accepted into job-training programs in defense plants, forbid discrimpination by defense contractors