Civil Rights

  • The Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation
  • The Thirteenth Amendment

    The Thirteenth Amendment
  • The Fourteenth Amendment

    The Fourteenth Amendment
  • The NAACP

    The NAACP
  • President Harry S. Truman ends segregation

    President Harry S. Truman ends segregation
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott
  • Nine African-American students

    Nine African-American students
  • The Freedom Riders

    The Freedom Riders
  • The Birmingham Campaign

    The Birmingham Campaign
  • The March on Washington

    The March on Washington
  • The Civil Rights Act

    The Civil Rights Act
  • Bloody Sunday

  • Marchers in Selma

    Marchers in Selma
  • Race riots erupt

    Race riots erupt
  • The Voting Rights Act

    The Voting Rights Act
  • Affirmative Action

    Affirmative Action
  • Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African-American Supreme Court Justice

    Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African-American Supreme Court Justice
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated

    Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated
  • The Fifteenth Amendment

    The Fifteenth Amendment
  • first African-American elected President