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The Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued by President Abraham Lincoln. It declared that all people held as slaves should be set free. -
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Civil Rights Timeline
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Ambrose Burnside is relived
Abraham Lincoln relieves General Ambrose Burnside from command of the Potomac Army replacing him with General Joseph Hooker. -
13th Ammendment
The 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States. -
The 14th Ammendment
The 14th Amendment defined national citizenship and forbidding the states to restrict the basic rights of citizens or other people. -
The 15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1875
The Civil Rights Act of 1875 prohibited such cases of racial discrimination and guaranteed equal access to public accommodations regardless of race or color. -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson was a U.S. Supreme Court case that upheld the rights of states to pass laws allowing or even requiring racial segregation in public and private institutions such as schools, public transportation, restrooms, and restaurants. -
The (NAACP) founding
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded by a multi-racial group of activists in New York, N.Y. Initially, the group called themselves the National Negro Committee. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was an event during the Civil Rights Movement. This was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. -
March on Washington
March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, political demonstration held in Washington, D.C. by civil rights leaders to protest racial discrimination and to show support for major civil rights legislation that was pending in Congress. -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act was a law that authorized federal action against segregation in public facilities and employment.
