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Dred Scott case
ruled that African Americans were not citizens and therefore cannot sue -
Emancipation Procclamation
announced the end of slavery -
13th amendment
abolishes slavery -
14th amendment
gives citizenship to African Americans -
15th amendment
gives African American men the right to vote -
segregation
people begin to segregate railroad cars -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy goes to court to challenge "separate but equal". he loses the case and separate but equal becomes allowed around the country. this led to the expansion of Jim Crow Laws around the united states. people began to segregate and give African Americans less than equal rights and facilities but still call them equal. -
Election
Teddy Roosevelt becomes president -
segregation
streetcars become segregated -
The Souls of Black Folk
W.E.B DuBois publishes a book where he talks about the lack of rights for African Americans -
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded. They create a bunch of cases in hope to restore African American rights. inspired by the Plessy v. Ferguson case. -
Election
William Howard Taft becomes president -
Segregation
government begins to segregate in work-places, restrooms, and lunch rooms -
Segregation
first segregated church established in downtown New Orelans -
Teddy Roosevelt
Dies -
19th amendment
gives women the right to vote -
Segregation
city ordinance passed to allow racial segregation in New Orleans housing -
the other Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt relocates the Japanese Americans -
Brown v. Board of Education
ends segregation in public schools -
Boycott
Montgomery bus boycotts begin when Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat -
Protest
Nashville students have largest sit-in to integrate lunch counters in downtown -
olympics
first American woman wins three Olympic gold medals -
freedom riders
they desegregate southern bus terminals -
Bailey v. Patterson
ruling prohibits segregation of public transportation -
Election
Lyndon B. Johnson becomes president -
Martin Luther King Jr.
gives his famous "i have a dream" speech -
Act
equal pay act is passed -
Act
President Johnson signs civil rights act of 1964 -
act
President Johnson signs voting rights act -
death
MLK jr assassinated
