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tuskegee institute created
Tuskegee Institute was founded based on the idea for a school for African Americans in the city of Tuskegee. -
Plessy V Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark when the U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. As a result, restrictive Jim Crow legislation and separate public accommodations based on race became commonplace. -
NAACP founded
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. -
19th Ammendment
The Nineteenth Amendmen declares that “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.” -
Executive Order 9981
Executive Order 9981 stated that “there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed forces without regard to race, color, religion, or national origin.” The order also established an advisory committee to examine the rules, practices, and procedures of the armed services -
Truman’s desegregation of the military
Executive Order 9981 was issued by President Harry S. Truman. This executive order abolished discrimination "on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin" in the United States Armed Forces, and led to the end of segregation in the services during the Korean War -
Brown V Board of eduation
In this milestone decision, the Supreme Court ruled that separating children in public schools on the basis of race was unconstitutional. It signaled the end of legalized racial segregation in the schools of the United States, overruling the "separate but equal" principle set forth in the Plessy v. Ferguson case -
Emmet Tills Death
while visiting family in Money, Mississippi, 14-year-old Emmett Till, an African American from Chicago, is brutally murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman four days earlier. The assalants were the womans husband and brother who later confessed to the urder after being found not guilty and knowing they are under the protection due to nobody being able to be tried twice for the same case. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery bus boycott was a political and a social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. It was a seminal event in the civil rights movement in the United States. This was carried out by Rosa Parks who would prove to have a major role in civil rights activism. -
Little Rock 9
The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis, in which the students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas. -
Civil Rights act(1957)
This legislation established a Commission on Civil Rights to investigate civil rights violations and also established a Civil Rights Division within the Department of Justice. The Civil Rights Act of 1957 authorized the prosecution for those who violated the right to vote for United States citizens. -
SNCC Founded
The SNCC, or Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee, was a civil-rights group formed to give younger Black people more of a voice in the civil rights movement. -
Greensboro sit-in
Greensboro sit-in, act of nonviolent protest against a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. Its success led to a wider sit-in movement, organized primarily by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), that spread throughout the South. -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decisions Morgan v. Virginia. -
THe Washington MArch
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, also known as the March on Washington or The Great March on Washington, was held in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. -
24th Ammendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any election for
a President or Vice President and shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. -
March from Selma Alabama
The Selma to Montgomery marches were three protest marches along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery. -
Voting RIghts Act(1965)
This act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. -
The Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party was originally the for Self-Defense and was a Black Power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in October 1966 in Oakland, California. It later evolved to combat police brutality and advocate for many civil rights issues rarely ending in violent outcomes. -
American Indian Movement founded
The American Indian Movement is a Native American grassroots movement founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota, initially centred in urban areas to address systemic issues of poverty and police brutality against Native Americans.