civil rights timeline

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    timeline

  • end of slavery

    end of civil war and slavery
  • 13th amendment

  • 15th amendment

  • 15th amendment

    15th amendment
    this is important because it abolishes slavery
  • jim crow laws

  • jim crow laws

    jim crow laws
    this is important because it prevents blacks from voting
  • literacy tests

  • literacy tests ok

  • grandfather clause unconstitutional

  • grandfather clause unconstitutional

    grandfather clause unconstitutional
    this is important because it brings more voting opprotunities to blacks
  • 19th amendment

  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment
    this is important because it allows women to vote
  • poll taxes unconstitutional

  • poll taxes are ok

    poll taxes are ok
    this is important because it gives less opprotuniyies for poor people to vote
  • 24th amendment

  • 24th amendment

    24th amendment
    this is important because it allows poorer people to vote
  • freedom summer

  • freedom summer

  • voting rights act

  • voting rights act

    voting rights act
    this is important because it allows everyone to vote