Timeline

  • 13h amendment

    13h amendment
    Says no slavery unless its punishment for a crime
  • 14th Amendment 1868 version

    14th Amendment 1868 version
    Gave all old slaves citizenship and equal protection
  • Civil rights act 1875

    Civil rights act 1875
    Gave everyone access to public stuff like transportation and stuff like that but it was overturned in 1883 because it was unconstitutional
  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson
    Court said that racial segregation in public didn't violate the 14th Amendment as long as everything for different races were equal
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    The Great Migration

    African Americans were moving from the rural south to the more northern cities and there were millions
  • The Tuskegee Airmen

    The Tuskegee Airmen
    First African American pilots and they were trained in Tuskegee, Alabama and thats why there called Tuskegee airmen
  • Executive order 9981

    Executive order 9981
    Executive order by President Harry S. Truman that made segregation by race illegal in the military. President Harry S. Truman on July 26, 1948
  • Brown vs board

    Brown vs board
    No more segregation in schools
  • Emmet mills murder

    Emmet mills murder
    Emmet mill was murdered for allegedly offending store clerk
  • Rosa parks

    Rosa parks
    Rosa parks was told to get out of her seat
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    Civil rights meetings

    60 total Black Civil rights leaders and pastors Met up in Atlanta for a discussion about non violent protests.
  • Peaceful Protests

    Peaceful Protests
  • Little Rock nine

    Little Rock nine
    Black teens blocked from entering school and troops had to escort them
  • Civil rights act of 1957

    Civil rights act of 1957
    Allowed Federal Officials to interfere with people stopping others from voting
  • Greensberg sit ins

    Greensberg sit ins
    4 Black students had a sit in sitting at a whites-only lunch counter at a Woolworth's store in Greensboro, North Carolina
  • Ruby Bridges

    Ruby Bridges
    Ruby bridges was 6 years old when she had to be escorted to class by 4 Federal armed troops.
  • The March on Washington

    The March on Washington
    This is where martin luther king did his i have a dream speech
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964
    NO SEGREGATION AT ALL
  • Fair Housing Act of 1968

    Fair Housing Act of 1968
    Anyone can buy a house and they cant say no based on skin, gender, religion or disability
  • Americans with Disabilities Act

    Americans with Disabilities Act
    Prohibits discrimination on people with disability's