Civil Rights Timeline

By adammpayne

  • Nat Turner Rebellion

    This was a slave rebellion in Virginia.

  • Dred Scott Decision

    Dred Scott was a slave who lived in a free state and was taken back.

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    This proclamation made all slaves free.

  • Tuskegee Institute Opens

    This was the first black only university.

  • Norris vs. Alabama

    This was a decision that overturned the Scottsboro case.

  • Jackie Robinson Breaks Color Barrier

    Jackie Robinson signed on with the Dodgers.

  • Brown vs. Board of Education

    5 legal appeals against seperate but equal.

  • Murder of Emmit Till

    Emmit Till was murdered.

  • Rosa Parks Sits on the Bus

    Rosa Parks was told to move to the back of the bus and didn't

  • Little Rock 9

    Nine students were enrolled in a Little Rock Arkansas school

  • Letter From a Birmingham Jail

    The letter defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism, arguing that people have a moral responsibility to break unjust laws.

  • March on Washington

    At the March on Washington Martin Luther gave his I had a dream speech.

  • Civil Rights Act

    Gave everyone the right to vote.

  • Assassination of Malcom X

    Malcom X was assassinated

  • Election of Barack Obama

    Obama was elected.