civil rights movement

  • 1868 14th amendment

    1868 14th amendment
    1868 the 14th amendment gave black the equal protection under the law
  • 1870 15th amendment

    1870 15th amendment
    in 1870 the 15th amendment was added to the constitution which gave blacks the right to vote. but some southern states still refused to follow the law.
  • Jim crow

    Jim crow laws were made to stop the progress of the Reconstruction process. this made it to where the blacks and whites had separate everything.
  • first black air crew changes race out look in war

    in 1940 era there was a full black bomber crew that did exceptional things and made great changes on the race out look in war.
  • war jobs fully open

    Roosevelt pushed a executive order to open all war prepping jobs to all races and all opportunities giving all high paying job possibilities.
  • Harry Truman

    Harry Truman made a executive order to discriminate the military in scare of cold war starting
  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks denied to give her seat up when a white guy couldn't find a seat.causing a big up roar when she was arrest for disturbance and nit giving up her seat
  • boycott of the busses

    Rosa Parks encouraged people of color and miss treatment to boycott the buses to show them how discriminated the busing systems were
  • little rock nine

    nine black students volunteered to enter a high school after discrimination laws had been changed. when they arrived they were accompanied by the national guard to keep them safe from the mob that twas there
  • freedom riders

    7 american american and 6 white men got on a bus in Washington to travel across the US to protest segregation, and not long later the court system said it was unconstitutional to have segregated public transport