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13th Amendment
Ratified on January 31st, 1965, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in forced servitude, unless it was a punishment for a crime. It is quite possibly the most important amendment in the civil rights movement, as without it African Americans would still be slaves. -
14th Amendment
Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law. The 14th amendment has become one of the most used amendment in court today regarding the equal protection clause. -
15th Amendment
Ratified on February 3rd, 1970, the 15th amendment allowed any person regardless of their race, color, or if they were a slave or had a relative that was a slave in the past to vote. It is significant because it allowed people of color to vote and have a say in what goes on in the country. -
Tuskegee Institute Created
Form July 4, 1881, it’s Skeet Institute is a predominantly black private university, and was the first higher education institution for African-Americans -
Plessy v. Ferguson
The Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark Supreme Court case, which led to segregation keeping its place in America as long is the equality between the segregated establishment remained equal, which led to the term separate but equal. -
NAACP Created
Founded January 12th, 1909, by Ida B. Wells and W.E.B Du Bois the NAACP is the oldest black lead civil rights organization and we’re one of the lead players in fighting for the quality of African-Americans -
19th Amendment
Ratified on August 18th, 1920, the 19th amendment made it so that a citizens right to vote cannot be denied based on their gender, and the impact this caused was that it allowed not only men to vote, but women as well -
Equal Rights Amendment Proposed
The equal rights amendment is a proposed amendment that has still not been fully ratified to this day, and says that all Americans will have equal raise regardless of gender -
Executive Order 9981
This executive order and discrimination based on race or religion in the Armed Forces, leading to the end of segregation in the Korean War. -
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Brown v. Board of Education
Majority decision by supreme court ruling segregation in public schools unconstitutional. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
Political and social protest against segregation on buses. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference Formed
Had a huge role in the American civil rights movement, its first president was Martin Luther King Jr., and was an African-American civil rights organization. -
Little Rock 9
Group of nine African-American students in rolled in Little Rock Central high school in 1957. Prevention of entering the school became the little rock crisis. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Signed by Eisenhower, first civil rights act since 1875. -
Greensboro, NC Sit-ins
July 1960 sat at a white only counter to help establish desegregation used to be a diner now a civil rights museum -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee formed
1960 student sit ins at segregated restaurants and facilities. Colored people got arrested for just sitting. -
Chicano Movement
Area of murals from 1964 in 1978 about prominent participants of the civil rights movement.