Civil Rights Timeline

By JaQuan Edwards

  • Emancipation Proclamation frees slaves

    Emancipation Proclamation frees slaves

  • The 13th Amendment abolished slavery

    The 13th Amendment abolished slavery

  • 15th Amendment gave african americans the right to vote

    15th Amendment gave african americans the right to vote

  • The Plessy v. Ferguson case

    The Plessy v. Ferguson case

  • The NAACP was founded

    The NAACP was founded

  • Brown v. Board of education of Topeka

    Brown v. Board of education of Topeka

  • Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus

    Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus

  • An all white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas was integrated by nine black students called the little nine

    An all white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas was integrated by nine black students called the little nine

  • Four african -american students from North Carolina A&T started a sit-in at a segragrated diner

    Four african -american students from North Carolina A&T started a sit-in at a segragrated diner

  • Four young girls were kiled by an exploding bomb at sunday school

    Four young girls were kiled by an exploding bomb at sunday school

  • The 24th Amendment abolished poll tax (something that made it hard for slaves to vote

    The 24th Amendment abolished poll tax (something that made it hard for slaves to vote

  • The Civil Rights Act

    The Civil Rights Act
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