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Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation
"On September 22, 1862, Lincoln had issued a preliminary proclamation that he would order the emancipation of all slaves in any state (or part of a state) that did not end their rebellion against the Union by January 1, 1863."- Wikipedia, Emancipation Proclamation -
14th Ammendment Ratified, Making Blacks Citizens
The 14th Ammendment was one of the three ammendments that became known as the Reconstruction Ammendments. This ammendment was one with a "broad goal" , to provide African-Americans with "full and equal benefit of all laws". It more specifically stated that all persons born in the United States, excluding Indians were given their rights. -
15th Ammendment
15th Ammendment The third ammendment to "Recronstruction Ammedments". THis granted Afriican-American males the right to vote. However the were easily disinfranchised. By forcing them to take literacy tests an pay poll taxes most blacks were still unable to fufill the means to vote. Excluding them once again from what was a "democracy". -
Ida B, Wells starts Anti-Lynching Crusade
Ida B. Wells, Anti Lynching Crusader VIDEO
Following the hanging of her close friend, Ida B. Wells began a "crusade" against lynching. This was the start for many fleets of blacks leaving Memphis and the fodder for several organized boycotts. She later puplished a pamphlet, documenting research about lynching and how the govements failure to stand up abled the Southern states to disinfranchise blacks. -
Supreme Court Case Plessy v. Ferguson was Decided
Plessy v. Ferguson" Plessy attempted to sit in an all-white railroad car. After refusing to sit in the black railway carriage car, Plessy was arrested for violating an 1890 Louisiana statute that provided for segregated “separate but equal” railroad accommodations... Plessy was found guilty on the grounds that the law was a reasonable exercise of the state’s police powers based upon tradition in the state. Plessy filed a petition for writs of prohibition." -
NAACP is Established
NAACP Interactive Timeline
A bi-racia, and multi -religous group of activists came together to form the NAACP, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. This group campaigned for "equal oppurtunity and voting mobilization." This group grew to become an organization with half a million members. They changed history. -
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The Red Summer of Racial Violence
In the summer and early fall of 1919 a period of horror was born. These months outragred with many violent riots in three dozen Southern cities. These attacks were white men slaughtering their "fellow" African-Americans. This sad time of history had serious bloodshed and became known asThe Red Summer. -
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Great Depression
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Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit" is Recorded
Billie Holiday recorded and published a menaingful song in the year of 1939. Hidden in her lyrics was a protest of racism, specifically speaking out about the horror of lynching occuring in the Southern states. -
Brown v. Board of Education
In 1954 a Supreme Court case was decided that impacted history greatly. This name more specifically is for five similar cases challenging the "constitutionality of racial segregation in schools". The most familar to people is the case where a young African-American (girl) student was denied education in the all white school in her neighborhood. Then her parents sued the board, becoming the Brown v. Board case. This collection of cases ended up making segregation in schools illegal. -
Montogomery Bus Boycott
This boycott followed the civil rights act of Rosa Parks whom refused to give up her seat on a segregated bus to a white person. This act had her arrested, leading the Montgomery Bus Boycott. It was a social ad poltiical protest against the Public Transmit System of MOntgomery, Alambama. The boycott ended December 20. 1956 when the Supreme Court Case claimed laws segregating buses unconstitutional. -
I Have a Dream Speech
<a href='http://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vDWWy4CMhE' >Martin Luther King Jr. I Have a Dream Speech</a Civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr. gave a public speech at Lincoln Memorial during the March on Washington. In his speech his 250,000 supporter heard abouts his dreams of freedom and equality. His dreams arose "from a land of slavery and hatred". His memorable act is celebrated 50 years later. -
Civil RIghts Act of 1964 Passed
This act was passed and outlawed discrimiation of race, color, sex, religion, and national origin. It also ended segregation in public facilities, as well as abolishign "unequal voting registration requirments". Presdient Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law on July 2. 1964 in the White House. -
Voting Rights Act
Another ladmark piece of legislation that made it illegal for there to be racial discrimination in voting. This monumental act worked hand in hand with the Civil Rights Act to truly make our country free. -
First African-American President of the United States
On this day the most recent "civil rights act" occured, President Barack Obama was elected to govern the United States of America.
