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13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment is enacted, abolishing slavery in the United States. -
14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment is enacted, giving equal citizenship to all people born in the United States. -
15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment is enacted, giving voting rights to all land-owning adult males in the United States. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
A light-skinned black man named Homer Plessy is arrested for sitting in a "white" car on a railroad train. He takes the caseto the Supreme court, and in the end decision it is ruled that it is constitutional have the railroad cars "seperate but equal". -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment is enacted, granting voting rights to women. -
Brown v. Board of Education
A Supreme Court case that ruled that segregation of public schools to be illegal. -
Executive Order of 1948
An order issued by Presiden Truman, which banned racial segregation in the armed forces. -
Rosa Parks incident
Rosa Parks was on a public bus and was sitting in her designated "colored" seat and was asked to stand to make room for white people. When she refused, the police were called and she was arrested -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The majority of African American's in Montgomery organized a bus boycott and either car pooled, walked, or rode bikes for their transportation. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
A Civil Rights act passed to ensure that all African Americans would have the right to vote. -
24th Amendment
Amendment to the US Constitution which banned poll taxes. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlawed major forms of discrimination agaisnt African Americans. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Ended racial voting discriminatory practices. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Provided equal housing opportunties for all races in the United States.
