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History of the Civil Rights Movement

By donyeavjames
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    The History of Civil Rights in America

  • American Civil War (1861-1865)

    1861-1865

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

  • Civil Rights Act of 1875 is Signed

  • Strauder v. West Virgina allows blacks to vote

  • Ida B. Wells publishes her pamphlet "Southern Horrors: Lymch Law In All It's Phases"

  • W.E.B. DuBois awarded his Ph.D. at Harvard University

    First African American

  • Plessey v. Fergusen 1896

  • NAACP formed

  • First doctor Practice Opened in Orlando

  • Jesse Owens wins 4 gold medals in the Olympic Games

  • Author Zora Neale Hurston pens "Their Eyes Were Watching God"

  • Billy Holiday performs "Strange Fruit"

  • United Negro College Fund organized

  • Hernades v. Texas Mexicans and other races have equal protection under the 14th Amendment

  • 4 blacks enter an Elementary School with National Guard protection

  • To Kill A Mockingbird is published

    fav book just saying

  • Malcom X is shot to death

  • Bill Cosby is the first black to have a starring role in an American television series

  • First interracial kiss between Nichelle Nicols and William Shatner

  • The Cosby Show gains popularity

  • Rodney King is videotaped being beaten by 4 white police

  • Shooting of Michael Brown