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Emancipation Proclamation Signed
The Emancipation Proclamation lead to the abolishment of slavery in the United States. As a result, African-Americans were given equal citizenship rights... but not the privilege of White citizens. -
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School Desegregation Timeline
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The American Civil War Ends
With the Civil War being a victory for the Union, the abolishment of slavery was fortified and made absolute in the United States. However, Confederates in the Southern states tried to withhold slavery customs by ensuring that African-Americans don't have equal rights. -
Plessy v. Ferguson Case*
The installment of the Plessy v. Ferguson made Jim Crow laws legal in the South with the unanimous decision made by the Supreme Court. With Jim Crow laws, anyone with an African-American heritage were not given equal rights in Southern communities. -
WWI ends
During war, African-American soldiers were segregated from white solders. As a result, squad units were distinct to the color of their skin. The end of the war also resulted in the Great Migration for African-Americans, where many Blacks living in the South moved to the North to find better opportunities as the United States recuperates from war. -
WWII ends
In contrast to WWI, African Americans were heavily enlisted in the forthcoming World War. Due to the constant racism that affiliated Black soldiers during wartime, President Harry S. Truman called for the Executive Order 9981 to pass a law that made the segregation of soldiers illegal. -
Brown v. Board Education Case*
This case ruled the Pleggy v. Ferguson case and encouraged desegregation, resulting in racial mixed communities in schools, workplaces and etc. -
The Little Rock Nine*
The crisis that took in Little Rock Central High School showed the strength of Southern resistance when they still refused to let 9 African-American students into campus. Even though desegregation became a law, it was not absolute. -
Alaska & Hawaii Become States
With Alaska and Hawaii going into statehood, Russia no longer made the efforts to establish territory, giving the United States economic dominance in the Pacific region. These states opened the nation to other ethnicities (i.e. Asian-pacific, Hispanics, etc.) that enforced more needs for desegregation. -
Showdown in Alabama*
George Wallace was the governor of Alabama and made an executive decision to refuse entrance to students of color into the University of Alabama. This showed that school desegregation wasn't just a matter of social issues, but political issues as well. -
John F. Kennedy Assassinated
With Kennedy's New Frontier Movement, his death moved American citizens to uphold his legacy and what he wanted to implement to progress the United States. The results of his presidency and his assassination motivated the means for the Civil Rights Movement. -
American Astronauts Land on The Moon
The strong efforts for Space Venture did not matter for any racial and gender concerns that facilitated the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. The achievement of landing on the Moon signified human victory for all people of color, sex and race. -
Berlin Wall Falls
The Civil Rights Movement in the United States inspired the events of the befalling of the Berlin Wall. As a result, East and West Germans were able to re-unite in equal camaraderie as German citizens. -
Barack Obama Elected for President
Barack Obama's electoral victory signifies the fruits of the Civil Rights Movement in coherence to present time. With the facet of segregation that pitted African-Americans from gaining necessary rights, Obama's presidency symbolizes a feat for Black Rights and racial equity.
