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13th amendment
Passed by Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified on December 6, 1865, the 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States and provides that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States. -
14th amendment
The 14th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868, and granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed. -
15th amendment
The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude." -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson, was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal" -
Mendez vs. Westminster School District of Orange County
Mendez vs. Westminster School District of Orange County was a 1947 federal court case that challenged racial segregation in Orange County, California schools -
civil rights movement
Movements for civil rights in the United States include noted legislation and organized efforts to abolish public and private acts of racial discrimination against African Americans and other disadvantaged groups between 1954 to 1968, particularly in the southern United States. -
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
First Sit in
Feb 1st, 1960 the First Sit in occurred,4 black college students sit down at a whites only lunch counter and refuse to move sparking other sit ins to be arranged around all throughout the south -
John F. Kennedy becomes president
Democratic candidate John F. Kennedy is elected president of the United States. His margin of victory over Republican candidate Richard M. Nixon is just over 100,000 votes. Kennedy wins 300 Electoral College votes to Nixon’s 219.Kennedy supported the civil rights movement -
I have a dream speach
Martin Luther King Jr. and the "I Have a Dream Speech" On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr., delivered a speech to a massive group of civil rights marchers gathered around the Lincoln memorial in Washington DC -
Malcolm X died
Feb 21st, 1965,Malcolm X is Assassinated at Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom while giving a speech by Talmadge Hayer, Norman 3X Butler, and Thomas 15X Johnson. -
voting rights bill
Aug 6th, 1965,The voting rights bill is passed,it Made it illegal to deny any citizen of America the right to vote based on their color or race. -
MLK died
Apr 4th, 1968,Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee -
Children's crusade
May 2nd, 1968 the Children's Crusade took place,Martin Luther King Jr.'s first march on Birmingham that he encouraged children to join. The pictures of children being blasted with fire hoses and beaten with clubs by Bull Connor and his police angered the citizens of the United States and countries around the world.
