Timeline

Thirteenth Amendment

Dec 6, 1865

prohibiting slavery

Fourteenth Amendment Ratified

Jul 9, 1868

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0749825.html#A0749839People born or naturalized in the U.S.A are citizens. Reaction to Dread Scott case.

Fifteenth Amendment

Feb 2, 1870

Can't deny a citizen to vote because of race.

Plessy v. Ferguson

Jan 1, 1896

Claimed that the Fourteenth amendment equal protection clause was for political, not social equality.
-Supported Jim Crow Laws

Brown V. Board of Education

May 17, 1954

Linda Brown denied admisstion in elementary school for being black.Cheif Justice Earl Warren overruled Plessy v. Ferguson case that "separate but equal" was constitutional uner the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment.

Faubus Orval

Oct 13, 1957

-Governor of Arkansas's called AK National Guard to black students from entering Central High School, Ak.
-Send a message against integration.
-Pres. Eisenhower sent U.S troops to Little Rock, put National Guard under federal command.

James Meredith

Oct 1, 1962

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8VvNkTXVCMFirst black student to attend University of Mississippi.
Pres. Kennedy sends 5,000 federal troops to break up protesting riots.

Faubus loses to Clinton

Oct 13, 1986

Loses govenor postion to Bill Clinton

Los Angeles Riots

Apr 29, 1992

http://youtu.be/SW1ZDIXiuS4Jury acquits 4 white police men that were caught on camera beating Rodney King. Footage of beating

Grutter v. Bollinger

Jun 23, 2003

Michigan Law Schools policy, ruling that race can be taken into consideration in order to benefit from a diverse student body.

Parentsv Seattle and Meredith v. Jefferson

Oct 13, 2006

Affirmative action setback when court rules 5 to 4 that considering race in assigning students to schools in order to maintain diversity, is unconstitutional.