JMSAHTimelineW6

  • Citizenship of Black People

    The Supreme Court denied the right of citizenship to black people. This set the stage, "for their treatment as second class citizens."
    (archives.gov)
  • Black Codes

    "Black Codes" was a term used to describe laws passes by Sothern governments. These laws gave black people severe restrictions. This led to the beginning of segregation.
    (archives.gov)
  • Freedmen's Bureau

    This act aimed to, "provide relief and help freedman become self-sufficient in all areas of life."
    (archives.gov)
  • Civil Rights Act of 1866

    This law guaranteed black people basic economic rights. The goal of this law was to protect all Americans, including black people, in their civil rights.
    (archives.gov)
  • Fourteenth Amendment

    The 14th Amendment guaranteed citizenship for all persons born in the United States and helped ensure African Americans would have equal treatment.
    (immigrationhistory.com)
  • Slaughterhouse Cases

    These cases, "weakened the power of the Fourteenth Amendment by asserting the most of the rights of citizens are under state control."
    (archives.gov)
  • Civil Rights Act of 1875

    This act prohibited discrimination in places of public accommodation.
    (archives.gov)
  • Civil Rights Act of 1875, Overturned

    The Supreme Court overruled the Civil Rights Act of 1875. They declared that the, "Fourteenth Amendment does not prohibit discrimination by private individuals or businesses, paving the way fo segregation in public education.
  • Jim Crow

    Jim Crow is the, "former practice of segregating black people in the United States" (Oxford American Dictionary, 2021) This practice ingrained racial separation. (archives.gov)
  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    In the Plessy v. Ferguson case, "the Supreme Court held that separate but equal facilities for White and Black railroad passengers did not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment" (archives.com) This case established the doctrine of "separate but equal" (archives.gov).
  • Cumming v. Board of Education of Richmond County, State of Georgia

    The Supreme Court provided a public school for white children only.
    (learningforjustice.org)
  • Berea College v. Kentucky

    "The Supreme Court upholds a state's authority to require a private college to operate on a segregated basis despite the wishes of the school."
    (learningforjustice.org)
  • Thurgood Marshall

    Thurgood Marshall was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He would become lead counsel in the Brown v. Board of Education case.
  • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

    The NAACP became, "the primary tool for the legal attack on segregation, eventually trying the Brown v. Board of Education case."
    (archives.gov)
  • Gong Lum v. Rice

    The Supreme Court rules that, "states possess the right to define a Chinese student as non-white for the purpose of segregating public schools."
    (learningforjustice.com)
  • NAACP Challenges Segregation

    The NAACP challenged segregation in graduate and professional scools.
    (archives.gov)
  • University of Maryland v. Murray

    The Maryland Supreme Court, "orders the state's white law school to enroll a black student..." (learningforjustice.org). This was because there were no there law schools for black people to attend in Maryland (learningforjustice.org).
  • Missouri ex rel. Gaines v. Canada

    The Supreme Court, "orders Missouri's all-white law school to grant admission to an African American student."
    (learningforjustice.org)
  • NAACP, Thurgood Marshall

    Thurgood Marshall was named special counsel for the NAACP.
    (learningforjustice.org)
  • Briggs v. Elliott

    "Briggs v. Elliot became one of the cases consolidated by the Supreme Court into Brown v. Board of Education."
    (archives.gov)
  • Brown v. Board of Education to Trial

    The NAACP legal went into trial.
    (archives.gov)
  • Brown v. Board of Education Filed

    Brown v. Board of Education was filed in Federal district court.
    (archives.gov)
  • Briggs and Brown

    "The Supreme Court announced that it would hear oral arguments in Briggs and Brown..."
    (archives.gov)
  • Segregation as a National Issue

    The Supreme Court announced that it would hear all five of the desegregation cases collectively. This showed that segregation was a national issue.
    (archives.gov)
  • Brown v. Board of Education

    "The Court overturned Plessy v. Ferguson, and declared that racial segregation in public schools violated the Equal Protection clause of the 14th Amendment."
    (archives.gov)