Important Events Leading To The Civil Right Movement

By trihamilton99

  • Freedmen's Bureau

    The freedmans buerau was first established in 1865 to aid in freeing slaves during the South.

  • Lincoln Assassinated

    President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth while attending a play.

  • The Fourteenth Amendment

    This amendment addresses citizenship rights to former slaves.

  • First Woman to Vote in the USA

    Louisa Swain was the first women to cast a vote in the Untied States. She cast her ballot Laramie, Wyoming.

  • Congress Passes Civil Rights Act

    This gave African Americans equal rights in transportation, restaurants, inns, and juries.

  • The Battle of Little Bighorn

    The battle of little bighorn broke on June 25th and continued until June 26th.

  • Battle of Wounded Knee

    200 people were massacred in The battle of Wounded Knee. The war was between U.S. soldiers and Indians. Even though it's called a battle, it was more like a massacre.

  • Mexican Revolution

    Dictator Porfirio Diaz was accused of violating the principles of the Mexican Constitution. This war lasted until 1920

  • Women's Suffrage Amendment

    This amendment guarantees women to have the right to vote.

  • Indian Citizenship Act

    Citizenship was granted to all Natives Americans born in the United States. Even after, many states didn't allow Indian's the right to vote until 1957

  • Brown v Board of Education

    The court unanimously ruled the separate but equal public schools for blacks and whites were unconstitutional. After this most schools opened their doors of education to all students.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Rosa Parks was arrested and fined for refusing to give her seat to a white man. The boycott of public Montgomery bus' by African Americans began on the day of Parks' court hearing & lasted approximately 381 days.

  • Little Rock High-school (Nine)

    The first day of school, bars were placed on the windows of the black students entry to the school. Later federal troops had to escort the "Little Rock Nine" into the school. They started their first day of school September 25th.

  • March on Washington

    Over a quarter of a million people participated in the March of Washington to hear the "I have a dream" speech by Martin Luther Jr.

  • Murder in Pairs

    James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, & Micheal Schwerner were all working to register black voters in Mississippi. And because of this, they were all found murdered by the Ku Klux Klan.