U.S History Timeline

  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment

    Stated that slavery was illegal, began the end of slavery.
  • 1868

    1868

    Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law. The 14th amendment has become one of the most used amendments in court to date regarding the equal protection clause.
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment

    African American males gained the right to vote.
  • Tuskegee Institute created

    Tuskegee Institute created

    1st African American air force branch during WW2, never lost a dogfight with protecting bombers from germans, led to desegregation in military.
  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson

    Established constitutionality of racial segregation, “separate but equal”.
  • NAACP created

    NAACP created

    Created by the response of violence on african americans, a well known organization of african americans that help the african community and protects african americans rights.
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    Women are able to vote.
  • Executive Order 9981

    Executive Order 9981

    Abolished discrimination on the basis in race, color and religion.
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Protest about racial discrimination on a public transit.
  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed

    Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed

    Organization that advanced civil rights in a non violent manner.
  • Little Rock Nine

    Little Rock Nine

    First High School in the south that became interracial.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1957

    Civil Rights Act of 1957

    Empowered federal officials to prosecute individuals and conspired to deny or abridge another citizens rights to vote.
  • Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)

    Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)

    American Mexican movement, created murals about Mexican culture, protest technique to earn equality.
  • Greensboro, NC Sit-ins

    4 African Americans sat at a restaurant where blacks weren’t allowed to eat at, used this technique to protest.
  • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed

    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed

    Student political organization civil rights movement group.
  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders

    Civil rights activist who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern U.S challenged and protested local laws.
  • Cesar Chavez

    Cesar Chavez

    Co founded the National Farm Workers association, won workers rights for Hispanic farmers.
  • Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”

    Defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism
  • March on Washington: “I have a dream” speech

    March on Washington: “I have a dream” speech

    Declared that racism should be over and that society should focus on the dream to racial equality and unity.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    LBJ outlaws discrimination based on the race, color, religion, sex and national original.