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Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation is issued by President Abraham Lincoln freeing the enslaved in the rebellious Confederate states. -
13th amendment
NO MORE SLAVES LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO -
14th amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment is passed guaranteeing all African-Americans the rights of full U.S. citizens. WE ALL USA, USA. -
15th amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment is passed guaranteeing the right to vote for all citizens regardless of race. -
Jim Crow Laws
SEGREGATION, RACIST laws. -
Plessy vs ferguson
The Supreme Court rules that segregation is legal in the Plessy v. Ferguson case using the "separate but equal" argument. -
NAACP
The NAACP is founded by African-American leaders such as W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells. -
BLACK BASEBALLER
Jackie Robinson becomes the first African-American to play major league baseball. -
no more military segregation
President Harry S. Truman ends segregation in the U.S. armed forces. -
No more segregation in schools as well
The Supreme Court rules that segregation in the schools is unconstitutional in the Brown v. Board of Education case, overturning the earlier ruling in the Plessy v. Ferguson case. -
Rosa parks.
Rosa parks doesnt give up her seat on a bus for a white dude and skarks up the Rosa Parks is arrested for not giving up her seat on the bus. This sparks the Montgomery Bus Boycotts -
little rock 9
Nine African-American students in Arkansas (nicknamed the Arkansas Nine or the little rock 9) attend a previously all-white high school. Army troops are brought in to protect them. -
Freedom riders
The Freedom Riders protest by riding buses into the segregated southern states challenging their Jim Crow laws. -
Birmingham campaign
The Birmingham Campaign takes place in Birmingham, Alabama. Schoolchildren marching in non-violent protest are met with police dogs and fire hoses. Martin Luther King, Jr. is arrested and writes his famous "Letter from Birmingham Jail." -
March on Washington
The March on Washington by over 200,000 protesters occurs. Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" speech. -
Civil rights act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act is signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlaws discrimination based on race, national origin, and gender. It also outlaws segregation and the Jim Crow laws. -
bloody sunday SELMA
Marchers in Selma, Alabama are met by police with tear gas. Several marchers are injured and the day is nicknamed "Bloody Sunday." -
We all vote YAY
The Voting Rights Act is signed into law making it illegal to prevent any citizen from voting regardless of race. -
Race riots erupt in Watts, California.
Race riots erupt in Watts, California. A race riot is when groups from a different race interact with each other in very VILONT WAYS! -
Affirmative action
President Lyndon Johnson issues an order requiring "Affirmative Action" in hiring minorities for federal government work.