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Reconstruction Amendments
In this image, a visual description is shown of what the union will look like once reunited and how it encouraged the idea that, "All men are born free and equal". -
Plessy v. Fergeson
This is a marker that was placed in new orleans to commemorate the arrest of homer Plessy for violating the Louisiannas separate Car Act. -
Establishment of NAACP
Pictured above are the founders of the NAACP. The three founders are Moorfield Storey, Mary White Ovington, and W.E.B. Du Bois -
Harlem Renaissance
A social and artistic outbreak taking place in Harlem New York. It was considered to be a "rebirth of African Americans." Composers used poems written by African Americans in their songs, and eventually, African Americans were starting to come together with whites to compose music. -
Rosa Parks And The Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks was sitting on the bus in the first row of the colored section when the bus driver asked her to move and she refused. Since she didn't move she got a $10 fine which eventually leads to her arrest. Her and MLK organized a boycott because they believed that everyone should be treated equally, they were both arrested. Not even a year later the supreme court got on board and made it a law that colored people can sit where they please. -
Sit-in Movement and founded of the SNCC
Four African American students walked up to an all-white lunch counter at a local store when service was refused service they sat there despite all the threats that were being made they sat quietly and waited to be served. Before the end of the school year, 1,500 black demonstrators were arrested. In February of 1960 MLK and the students helped form the SNNC they organized sit-in's everywhere which eventually lead to the start of de-segregation in all public places. -
Civil Rights Act Of 1964
President Lyndon B. Johnson sits amongst a group of congressmen as he signs the 1964 Civil Rights Act into legislation, following in the footsteps of President John F. Kennedy after he was assassinated in November of 1963. -
Jesse Jackson And Black Voters
Civil rights leader Jesse Jackson stands at a podium before a crowd of people during one of two of his races towards becoming a presidential candidate. Jackson was the first potential African-American candidate for president. -
Barack Obama Becomes Inaugurated as 44th President
Barack Obama places his hand on the bible while standing before a large crowd of people as he is sworn in under oath by Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. before presenting his inauguration speech in Washington D.C with his wife and two daughters standing at his side. -
Establishment of #BlackLivesMatter
Pictured above is the official logo that depicts the organizations name in black capital letters with a yellow background, while the word “LIVES” has inverted colors.
