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The 13th Amendment
The Amendment abolished slavery. It was passed by the Senate on April 8 1864 and then was pased by the House on January 31, 1865. -
The 14th Amendment
The Amendment gave equal protection for every person. It also provided citizenship. it was adopted in July 9, 1868 and was proposed to respond to issues related to former slaves in the Civil War. -
The 15th Amendment
The Amendment gave every citizen the right to vote. It was ratified on February 3, 1870. -
NAACP
W.E.B. DuBois founde the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909. The organization fought for the end of segregation. -
Jackie Robinson
Robinson was the first African American to join a baseball team. When he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947, he faced many racial tension, but broke the color barrier that discriminated the blacks -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Oliver Brown wanted his black daughter to an all-white school, instead of having to go to walk to a far black school. when he asked the Bord of Education, they said no. Brown then sued the Board with the help of his lawyer Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP. The debate was reargued in December 8, 1953, and then was decided on May 17, 1954. this case overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson and declared segregation to be illegal. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
After Rosa Parks was arrested, Martin Luther King Jr. led others to protest. He headed the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Since many African Americans rode the buses, the bus company lost money. The Supreme Court then declared segregation in buses to be illegal, which ended segregation of buses in the South. -
The Little Rock Nine
In 1957, 9 African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School. The governor of Arkansas called the National Guard to prevent them to enter the school. President Eisenhower then sent the federal troops to force integration int the school. -
March on Washington
200,000 people march onto Washington D.C. to pesuade Congress to pass laws that would end segregation. in this event, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have A Dream" speech. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
After the march, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. It outawed segregation, made it illegal to base employment by race or gender,and enforced the right to vote. -
The Selma-to-Montgomery March
After two Civil Rights workers were murderded helping African Americans to vote, Civil Rights leaders met in Selma and planned to march to the capital, Montgomery. When hey got to the Edmund Pettus Bridge, the people were attacked by cops. Then, the Dallas County Voters League asked MLK Jr. for assistance. Once he arrived, he joined the march. but this time, the police protected the protesters. -
The assasination of Malcom X
X was a member of the Black Muslims. He believed that blacks should separate from the whites and from their own community. X was very violent and later on changed his ways and believed that blacks should work together with whites. On February 21, X was preparing to address the Organization of Afro-American Unity when someone shouted "Niger get your hand outta my pocket!" X sent his guards to quiet the disturbance, and then a man rushed in front of X and shot him. -
Watt Riots
Watts was a poor neighborhood in L.A. When the police arrested a black family, someone threw a bottle at the police and the riots began. After 6 days, 34 people died, 1032 people were injured, and over $35 million in damage. -
The Black Panther Party
In 1966, Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panther party. it was formed because of the culture in the 60s. They believed that blacks should arm themselves for a revolution against the white government. the Black Panthers believed in Marxism. -
The assasination of MLK Jr.
In Memphis, black sanitation workers striked against their unfair job treatment. Martin Luther King Jr. helped support them. On April 4, 1968, he was assassinated by James Earl Ray on the balcony of the Lorraine Hotel.
