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Tuskegee Institute Created
African American leader Booker T Washington founded this institute in 1881 to train African Americans in agriculture and industry and promote the economic progress of poc. -
Plessy v Ferguson
This was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of the segregation laws for public facilities as long as they were equal in quality. ¨separate but equal¨ -
NAACP creation
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was created by a group of African Americans by the name WEB Bouis, Ida Bells and others concerned with the challenges facing African Americans -
19th Amendment
The 19th amendment states that all citizens of the united states should be able to use their right to vote. -
Executive Order 9981
This order abolished discrimination of race based on race, color, religion or national origin. This also ended segregation of services in the Korean War. -
Brown v Board of Education
This was a landmark Supreme Court case in which the justices ruled that the discrimination of African Americans in public schools is unconstitutional. -
Emmett till's death
14 year old Emmett Till was with family in Mississippi, was brutally murdered when whistling at a white women, this is significant because it was a time of segregation in the south, and this awoke a period of activism. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This boycott was a civil rights protest when African Americans refused to ride buses in Montgomery Alabama to protest segregated seating.It is seen as the first large scale US demonstration against segregation. -
Little Rock 9
This was a group of 9 black students who enrolled at an all white school in Little Rock Arkansas. Their enrollment was followed by by the Little Rock Crisis, when they were denied admission. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
The civil rights act of 1957 outlawed segregation in public areas and prevented discrimination. President Eisenhower sent congress the proposal for this legislation. -
Greensboro NC Sit-In´s
This was a civil rights protest that that started when yough african american students staged a sit in at a segregated Woolworth's Lunch Counter in Greensboro and they refused to leave after being denied service. -
Freedom Riders
These people were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern united states to challenge how the constitution was not being held up. -
March on Washington- ¨I have a dream¨
This was a massive protest march where people gathered in front of the lincoln memorial, in Washington DC, this is also known as the march for jobs and freedom. This is also where MLK gave his I Have A Dream speech. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. This is a landmark act for the progress of discrimination. -
March from Selma Alabama
This was part of a group of civil rights protests that occured in Alabama, these marches were organized by nonviolent activists that wanted to help African Americans use their constitutional right to vote in a time of segregation. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This act was signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson, it outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War. -
Black Panthers
This organization was created with the ideology of black nationalism, socialism and armed self defence against police brutality. -
American Indian Movement Founded
This was first sought to improve living conditions of Native Americans who recently urbanized. It then grew to an national movement to help Natives. -
MLK Assassinated
MLK was staying at the Lorraine hotel in Memphis when he was shot with a bullet by James Ray. This assassination sent shock waves around the world, it led to anger among black americans and a period of national mourning. It did help with some civil right advances for african americans. -
24th Amendment
The 24th amendment prohibits congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on a payment of poll tax or other types of tax.