Timeline

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  • Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson

    Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson

  • what to a slave is the 4th of July by Frederick Douglass

    what to a slave is the 4th of July by Frederick Douglass

  • Lincolns Second Inaugural Address by Abraham Lincoln

    Lincolns Second Inaugural Address by Abraham Lincoln

  • Thurgood Marshall

    Thurgood Marshall

    The first African American Supreme Court Justice, instrumental in legal battles against segregation.
    Placement: 1950s-1960s.
  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks

    Known as the "Mother of the Civil Rights Movement" for her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
    Placement: 1955 (Montgomery Bus Boycott).
  • Malcolm X

    Malcolm X

    A prominent figure in the Nation of Islam and later a human rights activist who advocated for black empowerment.
    Placement: 1960s.
  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr.

    A prominent leader in the civil rights movement, known for advocating nonviolent civil disobedience.
    Placement: Throughout the 1950s and 1960s.
  • John Lewis

    John Lewis

    A civil rights leader and congressman known for his activism and advocacy of nonviolent protest.
    Placement: 1960s and beyond.
  • Brown v. Board of Education by Chief Justice Earl Warren

    Brown v. Board of Education by Chief Justice Earl Warren

    Landmark Supreme Court case in 1954 that declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
  • March on Washington for jobs and freedom by A. Philip Randolph

    March on Washington for jobs and freedom by A. Philip Randolph

    A historic civil rights rally held in 1963 where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964 by President Lyndon Johnson

    Civil Rights Act of 1964 by President Lyndon Johnson

    Legislation that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
  • Selma to Montgomery Marches by Martin Luther King Jr

    Selma to Montgomery Marches by Martin Luther King Jr

    A series of three marches in 1965 that aimed to secure voting rights for African Americans.
  • Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr

    Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr

    The tragic event in 1968 when civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee.