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Birth of the Ku Klux Klan
The KKK was a white supremacy group that is known for its violent actions against minorities. They were three different KKK's but the first Klan was founded in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee as a terrorist organization by veterans of the Confederate Army. -
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Civil Rights
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13th, 14th, 15th Amendments
The 13th Amendment officially outlaws slavery in the U.S and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. The 14th Amendment states that states must provide equal protection to all people. The 15th Amendment states that government in the United States is not allow to deline citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race,or color. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
The Plessy vs. Ferguson established the separate but equal clause in 1896. This meant that white people and black people had to have everything the same but they were to be separated from each other. -
Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign that started in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama. The boycott's goal was to end segregation on its public transit system. The boycott started when Rosa Parks, an African American women rufused to give up her sit for a white person on the bus. Rosa Parks was then arrested. -
Little Rock Crisis
In 1954, the United States Supreme Court voted that black students were allowed to go to school with white students. September 3, 1957 nine African American students arrived at Central High School they were greeted by an angry mob of white students, parents, and citizens determined to stop integration. -
The March on Washington
The March on Washington was a It was a march in support of the Civil Rights Act that protesters wanted JFK to sign. The March was an important part of the rapidly expanding Civil Rights Movement. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech. -
Cvil RighstAct 1965
The Civil Rights act of 1965 outlawed discriminatory voting against African Americans in the United States.
