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Amerian Civil War
American Civil War facts The Civil War determined what kind of nation the United States would be.It determined whether the place, where all men where created with the existing right to equal liberty, would continue as the largest slave-holding country in the world. -
Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a decleration made by Abraham Lincoln to free all slaves in states still rebelling against the union. "And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free..." -
Fifteenth Amendment Ratified
Our Fifteenth Amendment prohibited all federal and state governments from denying any citizen the right to based on the citizen's "race,color, or previous condition of servitude." This was the third and last of the Reconstuction Amendments.
"Amendment XV
Section 1.
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." -
Civil Rights Act of 1875
Civil Right Act of 1875
The Civil Rights Act of 1875 is sometimes called the enforcement act, was enacted during the reconstruction era, and guarenteed African Americans equal treatment in public accomodations and in public transport. It was later deemed unconstitutional. -
Ida B. Wells Publishs Pamphlet
Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases Transcript Ida B. Wells, an huge figure fighting Jim Crow Laws, published this pamphlet about "Southern Horrors." It talks about excuses for lynching, and the real reason for it, as well as abstract laws conflicting with southern racism. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson Summary
Plessy v. Ferguson is a milestone supreme court case. Although Plessy lost with his case, stating that he deserved equal treatment as whites, (he was 1/8 black) but he still had to pay a fee. "Seperate but equal" remained, until Brown v. Board of Education made another case in the favor of destroying the doctrine. -
First NIAGARA Meeting
First Official Meeting
The NIAGARA Movement was a black civil rights group, created in 1905, calling for opposition to racial segregation and disenfranchisement. -
Rosewood Massacre
Rosewood Massacre
The rosewood Massacre occurred in Rosewood, Florida, and was a racially motiated attack on African Americans and their neighborhood. Rosewood was abandoned and destroyed, by what the news described as a race riot, and at least 8 people were killed. -
LULAC Protests
LULAC Website
The League of United Latin American Citizens is created to battle the discrimination faced by Hispanics in the United States. It was a consolidation of smaller civil-right groups, and since its existence it has grown, recieving national headquarters. -
Hattie McDaniel
Mammy and Scarlett- Gone With the Wind
Hattie McDaniel is the first Black American to win an Acadamy Award. She won Best Supporting Actress for her performance as Mammy, in Gone With the Wind, the O'Haras' outspoken housemaid, who often admonishes young Scarlett O'Hara. -
First issue of Ebony
Ebony Magazine History
The Ebony is a monthly magazine for the African American market, that has evolved over the years. It has striven to address African-American issues, personalities and interests in a positive and self-affirming manner. -
SC Rules Against "Seperate but Equal"
The Supreme court finally rules against the "seperate but equal" doctrine, thus overturning Plessy v. Ferguson. This is a huge step in the Civil Rights movement, and is the start of more equality.
