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Missouri Compromise
It prohibited slavery in the former Louisiana Territory north of the parallel 36*30' north except within the boundaries of the proposed state of Missouri. -
Dred Scott Decision
Argued :February 11-14,1856
Reargued :December 15-18, 1856
Decided : March 6,1857
Was a landmark decision by the U.S. Supreme Court . It made two main rulings.The first ruling was that african Americans were not citzens, and therefore had no standing to sue in federal court.The second ruling was that the federal government had no power to regulate slaveet in any territory aquired sudseguent to the creation of the United States. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Was an order issued to all segments of the Executive branch (including the Army and Navy) of the United States by President Abraham Lincoln , during the American Civil War -
13th Admentment
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution outlaws slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime -
Plessey vs, Ferguson
Argued: April 13,1896
Decided : May 18,1896
Is a landmark of United States Supreme Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "seperate but equal" -
Colin Powell
In Office : (January 20,2001-January 26,2005)
Is an american statesman and retired four-star general in the United States Army.He was the 65th United States Secretary of State , serving under U.S. President George W.Bush from 2001 to 2005 ,the first African American to serve in that position. -
Jackie Robinson Joins Brooklyn Dodgers
Dodgers general manager Branch Rickey announced he had purchased the contract of Jackie Robinson, setting the stage for Robinson to break Major League Baseball’s color barrier. -
Integration of the Armed Forces
It abolished racial discrimination in the armed forces and eventually led to the end of segregation in the services -
Brown vs.Topeka Board of Education
Was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. -
Emmett Till
Was an African Amercian boy who was murdered in Mississippi at the age of 14 afer reportedly flirting with a white woman -
Rosa Parks refuse to give up her seat
Parks refused to obey bus driver James F. Blake's order that she give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger, after the white section was filled. Parks was not the first person to resist bus segregation. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
It started December 5,1955 to December 20,1956 : Is when African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama , to protest segregated seating. -
Little Rock Nine
Were a group of African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957 -
Greensboro,North Carolina Sit -Ins
Four students from the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State Unviversity sat down at the lunch counter inside the Woolworth's store at 132 South Elm Street in Greensboro,North Carolina.the men,later known as the Greensboro Four,ordered coffee.Followingd store policy, the lunch counter staff refused to serve the African Amercian men at the "white only" counter and the store's manaager asked them to leave. -
Gov.Wallace stops desegration of University of Alabama
The Stand in the Schoolhouse Door took place at Foster Auditorium at the University of Alabama on June 11, 1963. George Wallace, the Governor of Alabama, in a symbolic attempt to keep his inaugural promise of "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, segregation forever" and stop the desegregation of schools, stood at the door of the auditorium to try to block the entry of two black students, Vivian Malone Jones and James Hood. -
March On Washington
Was one of the largest political rallies for human rights in the United States History and called for civil and economic rights for African Americans. -
Birmingham Bombing
The 16th Street Baptist Church inBirmingham, Alabama was bombed on Sunday , as an act of racially motivated terrorism.The explosion at the African American church , which killed four girls , marked a turning point in the U.S. -
Assassination of Malcom X
It was a violent end for a man who scorned the nonviolent teachings of Dr.Martin Luther King Jr., insisting instead that violence was sometimes necessary for self defense and in the fight against discrimination. -
Rev.James Rebb
(January 1,1927-March 11,1965)
Was a minister from Boston,Massachusetts,and a pastor and civil rights activisty in Washington, D.C.While marching for civil rights in Selma, Alabama ,in 1965 , he was beaten severely by white segregationists and died of head injuries two days later in the hospital -
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Was a Civil RighTS Activist from Michigan, who was murdered ny Ku Klux Klan members after the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches in Alabama. -
Voting Rrights Act
A landmark piece of national legislation in the United States that outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Amercians in the U.S. -
Assassination of MLk
Was one of the opening acts which plunged 1968 into a year of turmoil -
Bloody Sunday
Was an incident in the Bogside area of Derry,Northoren Ireland, in which 26 unarmed civil rights protesters and bystanders were shot by soldiers of the British Army. -
Jesse Jackson runs for president "Keep Hope Alive"
In office
January 3, 1991 – January 3, 1997
He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as a shadow U.S. Senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. -
The Civil Rights Restoration Act
Was a U.S. legislative act which specified that recipients of federal funds must comply with civil rights laws in all areas, not just in the particular program or activity that received federal funding -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Was a landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States that outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and also women.
