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  • Missouri Compromise

    Missouri Compromise
    The Missouri Compromise was passed in 1820 between the pro slavery and anti slavery factions in the united states congress involving primarily the regulation of slavery in the western territories.

  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment
    the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution outlaws slavery and involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime. it was passed by the senate April 8, 1864 , by the house on January 31,1865 , and adopted on December 6,1865.

  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment
    15th Amendment</a>the 15th Amendment to the constitution granted African-American men had the right of vote by declaring that 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.

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education
    The Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the court declared state laws establishing separate public schoold for black and white students unconstitutional.

  • Rosa Park's bus boycott

    Rosa Park's bus boycott
    in Montgomery, Alabama , Parks's refused to obey the bus drivers order to give up her seat in the colored section to a white passenger , after the white section was filled

  • jackie Robinson

    jackie Robinson
    Robinson was inducted in the baseball Hall Of Fame

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964
    The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was a landmark piece of legislation in the United States that outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial,ethnic,national and religious minorities.

  • Loving v. Virginia

    Loving v. Virginia
    Loving v. Virginia was a landmark civil rights decision of the United States Supreme Court which invalidated laws prohibiting interracial marriage. The case was brought by Mildred Loving-(African American woman) and Richard loving (a white man) who had been sentenced to a year in prison for marrying each other.

  • Martin Luther King assassination

    Martin Luther King assassination
    Martin Luther King was assassinated by James Earl Ray. Martin Luther King Jr. was rushed St.Joseph's hospital where he was pronounced dead at 7:05 PM. James Earl Ray was a fugitive from the Missouri State Penitentiary , he was arrested in London at Heathrow Airport,

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    Civil Rights Act of 1968
    The Civil Rights Act of 1968 was a landmark piece of legislation in the United States that provided for equal housing opportunities regardless of race,creed,or national orgin The Act was signed into law during the King assassination riots by President Lyndon B. Johnson who had previously signed the Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act into law