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Events of the Civil Rights Movement - 19th and 20th Century
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American Civil War
Civil War InformationThis event lasted from 1861-1865. This war resolved two fundamental questions; whether the United States was to be a dissolvable confederation of sovereign states or an indivisible nation with a sovereign national government; and whether slavery should continue. -
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation ProclamationThis proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln during the nation's third year of the Civil War. It declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." It failed to be a success but instead it ultimately changed the character of the war. -
United States Supreme Court strikes down the Civil Rights Act of 1875 as unconstitutional.
More On the Civil Rights Act of 1875The Civil Rights Act of 1875 is part of the Civil Rights Cases. It had guaranteed equal treatment for blacks in public accommodations, public transportation, and prohibited exclusion from jury service. However, the U.S Supreme Court declared the law unconstitutional in 1883. -
Plessy Vs. Ferguson
More Plessy Vs. Ferguson InformationThis was a supreme court case that challenged the "Seperate but Equal" doctrine. It had been caused by an 1892 incident in which African-American train passenger Homer Plessy refused to sit in a Jim Crow car, breaking a Louisiana law. The court decided that this did not break the 13 and 14th amendments. -
Orlando's First Black Doctor Opens Practice
More InfoDr. Jerry B. Callahan was the first black doctor to open a medical practice in Orlando; he was also the first African American doctor to practice surgery at Orange General Hospital which is today known as Orlando Regional Healthcare. -
Negro National League Established
NNL HistoryThe league was led by Rube Foster. It was the first African-American baseball circuit to achieve stability and last more than one season. -
Great Depression
The Great Depression VideoIn the United States, the Great Depression began soon after the stock market crash of October 1929, which sent Wall Street into a panic and wiped out millions of investors. Over the next couple of years, investments and consumer spendings dropped, which caused many people to lose their jobs. -
U.S Supreme Court Strikes Down Segregation In Washington D.C at Restraunts
Mary Tarell BiographyMary Terrell had been refused service by a whites-only restaurant in 1950, Terrell and several other activists sued the establishment, and caused the end of segregation in Washington D.C. restaurants. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
More InformationSigned by President Eisenhower, the Civil Rights Act of 1957 was the first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. It increased protection of voting rights and created the Civil Rights Division in the Department of Justice. -
Civil Rights Act 1964
more infoThis Act was a piece of civil rights legislation that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and public accommodations. -
Voting Rights 1965
Voting Rights Act ArticleSigned into law by President Lyndon Johnson,this right had aimed to overcome restrictions at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. -
Black History Month Is Founded
Black History MonthBlack History Month was first known as Black History Week. The people who first proposed the idea were the leaders of the Black United Students at Kent State University. The idea of the transition was then heard by President Gerald Ford, who encouraged it. -
Combahee River Collective Statement is published
Combahee River Collective StatementCombahee River Collective, a Black feminist group, published the Combahee River Collective Statement. This was a key document in the history of contemporary Black feminism and the development of the concepts of identity as used among political organizers and social theorists. -
First African American Governor
More about Douglas WilderDouglas Wilder becomes the first African-American governor, when he takes office in Richmond Virginia. Financial World magazine ranked Virginia as the best managed state in the U.S. for two consecutive years under his administration. -
First African-American to Become President
Biography of Barack ObamaPresident Barack Obama, had held the acheivement of earning his position of the first black president in history. He was first elected to the presidency in 2008, and he won a second term in 2012.
