-
13th Ammendment
Abolished slavery unless for punishment for a crime -
15th Ammendment
prohibits the government and each state from denying the right to vote based on race or color -
Tuskegee University Formed
Tuskegee University was formed on this day in Tuskegee, Alabama -
NAACP is Created
Creation of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People -
19th Ammendment
Gave women the right to vote, or denied sexual voting discrimination -
Executive Order 9981
This order abolished discrimination in the United States Armed Forces. -
Brown vs Board of Education
Racial segregation in school is unconstitutional. -
Montgomery bus boycott
Bus boycott to protest segregation on buses. -
Little Rock Nine
Group of nine black students who enrolled at formerly all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas -
SCLC Formed
Southern Christian Leadership Conference was formed on this day in Atlanta, GA. -
SNCC Formed
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was formed on this day -
Greensboro Sit In (Four)
Four students sat down at a lunch counter in downtown Greensboro, the official policy was to refuse service to anyone but whites. However, the four young men refused to give up their seats -
Freedom Riders
Civil rights activists rode buses into the segregated United States -
"I Have A Dream" Speech - MLK
MLK gave his speech at the march on Washington -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Prohibits racial discrimination in voting in the US -
Black Panthers formed
This date was when the Black Panthers were formed in Oakland. -
MLK Assasination
MLK was killed on this day in a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. -
Plessy V Ferguson
"separate but equal", racial segregation is constitutional as long as blacks are "equal"
