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Civil Rights

By Cesar_Arciniega13

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation is issued by President Abraham Lincoln freeing the enslaved in the rebellious Confederate states.

  • The Thirteenth Amendment

    The Thirteenth Amendment is passed abolishing slavery in the United States.

  • The Fourteenth Amendment

    The Fourteenth Amendment is passed guaranteeing all African-Americans the rights of full U.S. citizens.

  • The Fifteenth Amendmen

    The Fifteenth Amendment is passed guaranteeing the right to vote for all citizens regardless of race.

  • Jim Crow laws

    Jim Crow laws become common in many southern states segregating blacks from whites.

  • The Supreme Court

    The Supreme Court rules that segregation is legal in the Plessy v. Ferguson case using the "separate but equal" argument.

  • The NAACP

    The NAACP is founded by African-American leaders such as W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells.

  • Jackie Robinson

  • President Harry S. Truman

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  • The Supreme Court

  • Rosa Park

  • Nine African-American

  • The Freedom Riders

  • The Birmingham Campaign

  • The March on Washington

  • The Civil Rights Act

  • Martin Luther King, Jr.

  • The Voting Rights Act

  • Race riots erupt

  • Marchers in Selma

  • President Lyndon Johnson

  • Thurgood Marshall

  • Martin Luther King, Jr

  • Colin Powell

  • Barack Obama