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The Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves
The Act Prohibiting Importation of Slaves is a United States federal law that stated that no new slaves were allowed to be imported into the U.S.. It took effect in 1808, which was the earliest date permitted by the U.S. Constitution. -
Harriet Tubman's escape leading to spectacular achievements
Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery to Philadelphia, and begins helping other slaves to escape via the Underground Railroad. The Underground Railroad was a network of hidden secret routes and home that were used during the nineteenth century to provide guidance to runaway slaves, -
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
Congressed passed the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which stated that officials must arrest anyone that looked like a suspensful runaway slave. If the officer had the slightest idea that they were a runaway slave then they were forced to arrest them for further investigaton. -
Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves
The Act Prohibiting the Return of Slaves was a law passed by the U.S Congress during the Civil War fwhich banned the military to return escaped slaves to their owners. -
Emancipation Proclamtion
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation that was issued by President Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, directed to all of the areas in rebellion and all segments of the Executive branch (including the Army and Navy) of the U.S.. It proclaimed the freedom of slaves in the eleven states that were still in rebellion, excluding areas controlled by the Union which applied to 3 million of the 4 million slaves in the United States. -
Fifteenth Ammendment to the United States Constitution
The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution forbidded both the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. -
Civil Rights Act of 1871
The Enforcement Act of 1871, also known as the Civil Rights Act of 1871, Force Act of 1871, Ku Klux Klan Act, Third Enforcement Act, and Third Ku Klux Klan Act. The act entitled the President to suspend the writ of habeas corpus to combat the Ku Klux Klan and other white authority organizations during the Reconstruction Era. The act was passed by the forty-second U.S. Congress during the Reconstruction Era and was signed into law by President Grant on April 20, 1871. -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
The Civil Rights Act of 1875, sometimes called Enforcement Act or Force Act, was an American federal law enacted during the Reconstruction Era which guaranteed African Americans equal treatment in public accommodations, public transportation, and forbids exclusion from jury services. The Supreme Court decided the act was unconstitutional in 1883. -
The Niagara Movement
The Niagara Movement was a black civil rights organization founded in 1905 by a group led by W. E. B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter. The Niagara Movement was a call for opposition to racial segregation, it was opposed to policies of accommodation promoted by African-American leaders. -
First planned meeting for NAACP
Planned first meeting of group was February 12,1909 which would become the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), a group devoted to civil rights. The meeting actually occurred on May 31, but February 12 is usually cited as the NAACP's founding date. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus,which began the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This occured nine months after 15-year-old Claudette Colvin became the first to refuse to give up a seat. As a result of her refusal, she was thrown in jail. -
Th Civil Rights Act of 1957
The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was enacted September 9, 1957, primarily a voting rights bill, was the first civil rights legislation passed by Congress in the United States since the 1866 and 1875 Acts. The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was also Congress's show of support to the Supreme Court's decisions.
