FRISE CHRONOLOGIQUE - CIVILS RIGHTS By Martine Graër Apr 15, 1865 Death of American President Abraham Lincoln Dec 18, 1865 Abolition of slavery Dec 24, 1865 Creation of the Ku Klux Klan Oct 14, 1890 Eisenhower was born May 18, 1896 Plessy vs. Ferguson 1909 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People 1915 Black nationalism by Marcus Garvey Jul 18, 1918 Nelson Mandela was born Jan 15, 1929 MLK was born 1930 creation of the Nation of Islam 1936 Jesse Owens wins 4 golds medals at 1936 berlin olympic games 1943 Nelson Mandela enters the african national congress 1943 MLK speech "I have a dream" 1947 Jackie Robinson became the first black baseball player in america major league Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks was arrested Jan 10, 1957 Creation of SCLC 1962 Nelson Mandela was arrested Nov 22, 1963 Kennedy was assassinated 1964 Adoption of civil rights Apr 4, 1968 MLK was assassinated Mar 28, 1969 Eisenhower died 1990 Nelson Mandela has been released Mar 3, 1991 Rodney King ,26, beeten to death by a policeman in LosAngeles 1993 Nelson Mandela receved the nobel peace price 2001 Timothy Thomas, 19, was shot by a policeman 2009 Oscar Grant, 22, was shot by a policeman Dec 5, 2013 Nelson Mandela died 2015 Michael Brow, 18, was killed by a policeman