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The Supreme Court ruled that African-Americans, whether they were free or enslaved, were not citizens of the United States and could not sue in Federal Courts.
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Slavery is abolished.
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African-Americans obtain citizenship and civil rights.
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African-American men obtain voting rights.
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Southern and Central states such as Florida, Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana, Alabama, Kentucky, Arkansas, Georgie, the Carolinas, Virginia, Maryland, Tennessee, and Oklahoma segregate railroad cars.
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The Supreme Court decides that "separate but equal" places satisfy 14th Amendment guarantees, therefore giving legal sanction to "Jim Crow" segregation laws.
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The Supreme Court bans school segregation. The first "White Citizens" council forms in Mississippi because of the Supreme Court's Brown decision.
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white passenger,
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The first African-American, James Meredith, attends the University of Mississippi, and white protesters riot. Federal troops are sent in to get rid of these riots.
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New Orleans merchants remove racial signs from toilets and drinking fountains.
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Martin Luther King delivers his "I Have A Dream Speech."
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Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee,
