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Jim Crow Timeline

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  • Emanicpation Proclamation

    Emanicpation Proclamation
    Declared the freedon of the slaves in the states that were still in rebellion

  • The 13th Amendment

    The 13th Amendment
    Declared that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction." Formally abolishing slavery in the United States, the 13th Amendment was passed by the Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the states on December 6, 1865.

  • The 14th Amendment

    The 14th Amendment
    was ratified on July 9, 1868, and granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed. In addition, it forbids states from denying any person "life, liberty or property, without due process of law" or to "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” 68

  • Civil Rights Act of 1875 was declered unconstitutional

    Civil Rights Act of 1875 was declered unconstitutional
    In 1883, The United States Supreme Court ruled that the Civil Rights act of 1875, forbidding discrimination in hotels, trains, and other public spaces, was unconstitutional and not authorized by the 13th or 14th Amendments of the Constitution

  • Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka

    Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka
    unanimously held that the racial segregation of children in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Although the decision did not succeed in fully desegregating public education in the United States, it put the Constitution on the side of racial equality and galvanized the nascent civil rights movement into a full revolution.

  • Congress passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Congress passing the Civil Rights Act of 1964
    The law’s provisions created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to address race and sex discrimination in employment and a Community Relations Service to help local communities solve racial disputes; authorized federal intervention to ensure the desegregation of schools, parks, swimming pools, and other public facilities; and restricted the use of literacy tests as a requirement for voter registration.