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Emancipation Proclomation
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclomation on January 1, 1863, as the nation approached the third year of the civil war. The proclomation declared "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free." -
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Civil Rights Movement Events
This is a timeline including some of the MAJOR events in civil rights hisory. I hope you learn something! :) -
The First 'Colored' Troops
The Civil War took place throughout the years of 1861-1865. Due to the fact that each side of the war needed soldiers, the United States Colored Troops were recruited. By the end of the war, 179,000 blacks had served on the Union side. -
The Right to Vote
The Fifteenth Amendment was passed by Congress on this date, allowing black MEN only to vote. Section 1 stated "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." -
Jim Crow Laws
Around this time in 1876, the first Jim Crow laws were passed. The first of these LAWS were passed in Georgia. These specfic laws endured segragation amongst schools, all white schools or all black schools (nothing between)! -
The Refusal of Ida B. Wells
Ida B Wells, a 21 year old black woman, took any seat on the train. The conductor demanded she went to the car designated for blacks, and she REFUSED. The conductor grabbed her arm, and Wells bit his hand. -
Ida B. Wells sued the railroad
Wells sued the Chesapeake, Ohio, and Southwestern Railroad in 1884 for violating the equal accomodation rights and won! But later was overturned by the Tennesee Supreme court for the "Seperate but Equal". -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
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On April 13, 1896, the supreme court made a decision saying that as long as seperate things for blacks and whites were the same, it was equal. "seperate but equal". -
The NAACP was founded
The first meeting of a group that would soon be the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, also known as the NAACP. This organization's mission was "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination". -
The Great Death of Jim Crow
In 1954, the Jim Crow laws and etiquette stopped being used by Americans. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Brown vs. Board of Education is a landmark case having to do with segragation in schools. The initial law suit was filed by 13 parents on behalf of their children, calling for the school district to reverse its policy on racial segragation. When the case finally reached the Supreme Court, the decision was unanimous that segragation in public schools is unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks sat in the front of a bus, which is where seats were reserved for white people. When a white person came to sit there, she refused to move to the back of the bus and was arrested. This led to protests and boycotts against the buses, causing a maor decline in the system's profit. Rosa became known for her work as a civil rights activist afterwards, and is still one of the most famous activists of her time. -
I Have a Dream Speech
Martin Luther King Jr., one of the most famous and influential civil rights leaders/activists gave this incredibly famous speech in Washinton, DC. He gave the speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in front of about 250,000 people. -
Civil Rights Act of 1991
This statute was passed in response to U.S. Supreme Court cases having to do with employee-suing-employer situations. This statute both limited the rights of the employees and specified some details, such as what grounds someone could sue their employer on. -
First BLACK President!!
Barack Obama is the first black person to be elected as the president of the United States. He still is the president of the United States of America.
