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Ratification of Amendment 14
The 14th Amendment stated that all people born or naturalized in America were American citizens. Also, states are not allowed to deny a person of any of their rights. -
The Fifteenth Amendment
This Amendment gave black people the right to vote. -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
The act stated that white business owners could not refuse to hire certain people based solely on their skin color. -
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Jim Crow Laws
The Jim Crow Laws were the laws regarding racial segregation, including schools, restrooms, water fountains, and busses being segregated by race. -
Up From Slavery
Booker T. Washington publishes a book that was intended to end racial discrimination against blacks. -
The National Association of the Advancement of Colored People
The NAACP was one of America's most important civil rights movement, founded by W.E.B. Du Bois. -
Chicago Race Riots
More than 25 riots broke out during the summer of 1919, resulting in 38 deaths. -
Japanese-American Concentration camps
Fraklin D. Roosevelt thought the Japanese in AMerica were untrustworthy. -
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson played his first Major League Baseball game, breaking the "color barrier". -
Brown vs. the Board of Education
The Supreme Court makes the decision to end segregated schools. -
Emmett Till
Emmett was brutally beaten to death for whistling at a whit girl. The obvious murderer was found innocent by an all white jury. this raised many questions as to the prejudice against blacks. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in the front half of the bus to a white person. She was arrested for this. -
Little Rock Nine
Nine black students in Little Rock, Arkansas were blocked from going into the school. president Eisenhower sent 5,000 troops to settle things down. when the black students entered the school, many of the other white students protested. -
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech
Martin Luther King Jr. gave a speech regarding his views on how all men, despite their race or ethnicity, should treat each other as equals. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Racial disccrimination was outlawed in America.
