-
1866 Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1866
the Act declared that people born in the United States and not subject to any foreign power are entitled to be citizens, without regard to race, color, or previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude -
The Compromise of 1877 doomed southern blacks to a life of share cropping and second-class citezenship
-
W.E.B. Du Bois - A harvard educated black man helped found NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People -
The Great Migration Begins
More than a million blacks travelled from South to North in search of jobs. -
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Executive Order 8802
This was during WWII, he signed to prevent protestor disrupting the war effort. The Order created 200,000 jobs for blacks in top jobs in defense-related industries. -
Rosa Parks is arrested and The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks is arrested in a bus in Alabama after refusing to give up her seat to a white man. This sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott where all the blacks boycotted the city's transport for a year. -
The Little Rock Crisis
Federal Troops were sent to desegregate Central High School in Little Rock. -
Freedom Riders
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee organsied freedom rides in buses to get the attention of the media and government -
King's "I Have a Dream" speech and the March on Washington
More than 200,00 people participated in the political rally.