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13th Amendment - Dec 6, 1865
The 13th amendment was written in 1865 and abolished slavery in the United states. President Lincoln pushed for this and had it signed by enough dates on December 6th, then later was passed by congress. -
14th Amendment - July 9, 1868
The 14th amendment written in 1868 is the amendment that gives citizenship to all natural born or naturalized people living in the U.S. -
15th Amendment - Feb 3, 1870
The 15th Amendment was written in 1870 and allowed people do not be denied or judged while trying to vote. This made it able for black and white folks to vote, but later was suppressed for black men again. -
Plessy V. Ferguson - May 18th, 1896
Plessy V Ferguson was the case that legitimized Jim Crow laws and segregation with the ¨Separate but equal¨ doctrine. Plessy was a white man boarding a train but when asked for his ticket he told them that he was black. They denied it at first but he explained that his grandpa was a slave. Then they got officers involved and he was arrested. The reason he did this was to try to end segregation in America. -
Wilmington Coup - Nov 10th, 1898
The Wilmington Coup was when the Wilmington government mixed with black and white republicans, was over thrown and replaced without any election or choosing from other people. This was the first time in American history that a ku de ta has happened in America. -
Formation of the NAACP - Feb 12, 1909
In 1909, the NAACP was formed by a group of interracial activists in response to the 1908 Springfield race riot -
Truman desegregated the US Military - July 26th, 1948
President Harry Truman in 1948, desegregated the US military. Truman vacated the old legislative strategy used in the military. -
Brown vs Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas - May 17th, 1954
Brown v Board was the case where the U.S Supreme Court ruled that state sponsored segregation in public schools is unconstitutional. This over turned the Separate but Equal doctrine established in Plessy v Ferguson. -
Emmit Till´s Murder - Aug 28, 1955
A yound man named Emmit was kidnapped by a white ladies husband. The reason he was kidnapped was because he had a whistle his mom taught him and the lady thought he was cat calling her. So the man kidnapped him and tortured him until he died. -
Rosa Parks is arrested/ Bus Boycott - Dec 1, 1955
Rosa parks in 1955 went and sat in a bus and was asked and told to move for a white man to sit. She refused and this caused a big scene throughout the country. Rosa was apart of the NAACP and did this for them. -
Little Rock Nine - Sep 4, 1957
This was when 9 black american students bravley went and transitioned into Little Rock High. They faced opposition and violence and paved a way for desegregation in the south. -
Civil Rights act of 1957 - Sep 9, 1957
This act outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin all over America. It also ended unequal application of voter registration requirements. -
Greensboro Sit-in, Feb 1, 1960
This was where college students in Greensboro would protest the segregated lunch rooms by sitting on the white side and refusing to move. They were very harrassed. -
Freedom Rides - May 4, 1961
This was a series of non-violent protests organized by Congress of Racial Equality. Activists would ride in busses across segregated towns in the south to protest against Jim Crow laws at the time. -
March on Washington for Jobs/ MLK´s I Have a Dream speech - Aug 28, 1963
This was the day that Martin Luther King Jr gave a speech protesting the segregation that still was at the time and he explained how he had a dream where he saw everyone living happily together and free as one. He didn't actually have a dream though, MLKJ prepared half of the speech and then finished the rest on his own introit of 250,000 plus people. -
Civil Rights Act - July 2, 1964
This act outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin in public accommodations. This was passed by Lyndon B. Johnson and later put into use. -
March from Selma to Montgomery - March 25, 1965
This was a series of 3 protest marches in 1965 from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. African Americans demanded for voting rights for them and led to the Voting Rights Act in 1965. -
Voting Rights Act - Aug 6, 1965
The Voting Rights Act was signed and passed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson and Congress. It allowed Black Americans to be able to vote. This was pushed by the March from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. -
Assassination of MLKJ - April 4, 1968
At 6:05 PM on April 4th, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr was shot dead while standing on his balcony on the second floor in his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. -
Swann vs. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools - April 20, 1971
This court case passed the decision later to establish court-ordered busing of students as a constitutional means of desegregating public schools. The case started with the goal to desegregate the public school systems.