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Emancipation Proclamation
President Abraham Lincoln signs the Emancipation Proclamation once the Confederacy ceased their rebellion. -
Ku Klux Klan is Formed in Tennessee
Six Confederate veterans from Pulaski, Tennessee form the Ku Klux Klan, a secret group of white supremacists dressed up as ghosts with torches who go around and commit terrorist acts in order to assert their so-called "dominance" over other races. -
15th Amendment is Passed
The 15th Amendment is added to the Constitution and granted all men the right to vote regardless of race or ethnicity. -
Plessy v. Ferguson Court Case
Plessy v. Ferguson was a court case that ruled segregation in public areas to be constitutional, and further enforced the principal of "separate but equal" in the United States. -
Brown v. Board of Education Court Case
This case took place one day short of 58 years after Plessy v. Ferguson in Topeka, Kansas. It ruled that racial segregation in public schools, as well as any other public facility, to be unconstitutional and helped end segregation in the United States. -
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks was an African-American woman who sat in the front of a Montgomery bus. At that time blacks were forced to sit at the back of the bus and allow whites to sit in the front. When told to move from her seat, Rosa Parks refused. Although she ended up being arrested, she gained a lot of support from her community and sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Many citizens refused to use public transportation until segregation on buses came to an end. -
The Little Rock Nine
A group of high school students from Little Rock, Arkansas known as the Little Rock Nine pushed to end segregation in public schools. They attempted to enter an all-white high school but were denied access due to them all being black. Eventually the national guard was called in to escort the students out, but then President Dwight D. Eisenhower passed a law forbidding racial segregation in public schools. -
Greensboro Sit-In
At a Woolworth lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, which only served whites at the time, a sit-in was issued by black citizens, where they refused to leave until they received equal service as any white customer. -
March on Washington
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. issued a march in Washington DC, the capital of the United States, in order to convince Congress to pass a law forbidding public establishments to deny employment to any citizens based on race, ethnicity, or national origin. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964 is Passed
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a law that was passed ending segregation in public facilities based on race, ethnicity, religion, gender, or national origin. It is considered to be one of the biggest achievements of the Civil Rights Movement.
