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Amendment 14
The fourteenth amendment granted equal rights and protection for African Americans. -
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Civil Rights Movement
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Amendment 15
The fifteenth amendment granted African Americans the right to vote. -
Third Civil Rights Act Passed
This act allowed equal access to public areas regardless of race. This act caused groups of whites to form a campaign against blacks. -
Civil Rights Act of 1875 Unconstitutional
Supreme court decides that laws in the Civil Rights Act should be left to individual states, not the federal government. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
"Separate but equal". Racial segregation on public trains. -
N.A.A.C.P. was formed
The National Association of Colored People was formed to ensure the ensure the political, educational, social and economic equality of African Americans. -
Amendment 19
No citizen is denied the right to vote, regardless of sex. -
Desegregation of Armed Forces
President Harry Truman orded the intergration of the armed forces shortly after World War II. -
Henderson vs. United States
The supreme court abolished segregation in railroad dining cars. -
Brown vs, Board of Education
In this supreme court act, the "seperate but equal" schools are actually unequal and school segregation became unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks arrested
Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to sit in the back of a bus. After this event, there was a boycott of the buses and segregation on buses was declared unconstitutional. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference formed
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was an organization fighting for the rights of African Americans. Martin Luther King, Jr. was affiliated with SCLC. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Granted equal protection, the right for all to vote, and ended racial segregation in public schools. -
MLK Arrested and Jailed
MLK wrote a letter during his jail sentence in Birmingham, Alabama that planned a non-violent protest for Human Rights. -
Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" Speech
Martin Luther King recited his "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial. His speech was demanding racial equality, and to show others that no matter what color a person is, they are still a person. -
President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act outlaws all forms of prejudice toward race, ethnicity, religion, and women.
