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Thirteenth Amendment
This amendment outlawed slavery and allowed Congress to enforce it. -
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Civil Rights Movement
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Civil RIghts
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Fourteenth Amendment
This one overturned Scott v. Stanford and the three-fifths clause as well as making all people born in the United States legal citizens, which can't be denied to anybody. -
Fifteenth Amendment
Gave African Americans the right to vote. -
Jackie Robinson Plays Ball
He became the first African American man to play major league baseball. Even with all the racist remarks, he didn't retaliate. -
Desegregation of the Armed Forces
Truman issued Executive Order 9981 to give equal opportunities to everyone no matter the race. -
Emmett Till Murdered
Fourteen year old, Emmett TIll was Lynched for flirting with a white woman. -
Rosa Parks Stands up
While riding a bus home from work, in Montgomery, Ms. Rosa Parks got asked to move to the back of the bus and she refused. She got arrested because of it. -
Little Rock 9
Nine African American children walked to Central High School to go to school. -
Greensboro 4
Four African American college kids sat down in nonviolent protest at a segregated lunch counter. -
Freedom Rides
The first freedom rides started on this date which were meant to confront Jim Crow Laws -
Birmingham Protests
Another part of a nonviolent protest against racial segregation. -
MLK Arrested
Dr. King was jailed for violating Alabama's mass demonstration law. -
March on Washington
250,000 citizens from all over the country marched to the White House to protest for jobs and freedom. -
Twentyfourth Amendment
This amendment prohibited the implementation of poll taxes by federal and state governments. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Covers many areas of discrimination including voting rights and segregation. Passed to protect Laws of African Americans. -
Equal Employment Opportunity Commision
E.E.O.C. was founded to rid of all discrimination within the Government. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This law guaranteed voting rights to ALL Americans and was the most successful law passed. -
MLK Assassinated
Dr. King was shot in Memphis, Tennessee which caused lots of riots while the idealistic part of civil rights agitation ended. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
This restricted discrimination of public places such as a restaurant. -
Wisconsin v. Yoder
The court ruled that the education law of Wisconsin, that a child must attend school at least till they are 16, was unconstitutional when applied to the Amish because it would take away from religious beliefs -
Roe v. Wade
This court case ruled that abortion shouldn't be banned in states.
