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Emancipation Proclamation
President lincoln Emancipation Proclamation takes efect, proclaming freedom from slavery for African Americans -
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Civil Rights Timeline
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13th Amendment
The 13th amendment to the U.S Constitution has passed, abolishing slavery in the United States -
The 14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment to the U.S Constitusion has passed, garanteeing due process and equal protection rights to all citizens -
The 15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment has passed the U.S Constitusion, garanteeing the right to vote for all citizens -
Colorado
Colorado become the first state to grant women the right to vote -
Plessy v. Furguson
The U.S Supreme Court 'Separate but equal' decision in Plessy v. Furguson approved laws requring racial segregation -
National Association
The Association for the advancement of colored people (NAACP) -
19th Amendment
Granting women the right to vote -
Roosevelt issues orders
Franklin D Roosevelt issued an executive order designating much of the west coast a "military area" -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka,Kansas
The U.S Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka,Kansas ended legal racial segregation in public schools -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
African American woman Rosa Park's arrest after her refusal to move to the back of a bus (as required under city law in Montgomery,Alabama) trigers a citywide boycott of the bus system -
Lunch Counter sit-ins
In protest of local restaurants that refuse to serve African-American customers. A series of sit-ins is staged at lunch counters in Greensboro,North Carolina -
Bailey v Patterson
The U.S Supreme court declares that segregation in transportation facilities is unconstitutional -
Martin Luther King
Rev Martin Kuther King Jr. delivers the historic "I Have a Dream" speech in front of hunderds of thousands of participants in the "March on Washington" -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights passes congress,prohibiting dicrimination in a number of settings