Jim Crow Laws

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  • Civil War Ends

    Robert E. Lee surrenders to General Grant.

  • 13th Amendment

    Abolished slavery.

  • Ku Klux Klan is officially formed as a "social club".

  • 14th Amendment

    Grants citizenship to anyone born in the United States.

  • 15th Amendment

    Race could not be used to prevent a U.S. citizen from voting.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1875

    Guaranteed equal rights to all Americans regardless of race.

  • Tennessee passes the first Jim Crow law

    Segregated Railroad Cars

  • Supreme Court decides Civil Rights Act of 1875 is unconstitutional.

  • The “Mississippi Plan” was approved by the state constitutional convention.

    Created literacy tests to prevent African Americans form voting.

  • The Supreme Court issued its Plessy v. Ferguson decision.

    Students could be separated by race in public schools. This ruling made Jim Crow laws constitutional.

  • President Woodrow Wilson ordered the segregation of all federal government offices, lunchrooms, and restrooms in the United States.

  • Voters in Chicago elected African American Republican Oscar De Priest to the House of Representatives.

    He was the first African American in Congress since 1901.

  • Nixon v. Condon Supreme Court Case

    In Nixon v. Condon, the Supreme Court found that a Texas law preventing African Americans from voting in primary elections was unconstitutional.

  • Smith v. Allwright

    The Supreme Court, in Smith v. Allwright, decided that whites-only primary elections were unconstitutional.

  • Morgan v. Virginia

    In Morgan v. Virginia, the Supreme Court declared segregation on interstate buses unconstitutional.

  • President Harry Truman issued Executive Order 9981, desegregating the armed forces.

  • Shelley v. Kraemer

    In Shelley v. Kraemer, the Supreme Court ruled that state and local governments could not enforce racially restrictive rules/laws.

  • Tuskegee Institute reported no lynchings during the year.

    For the first time in 71 years, no American had been lynched.

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    The Supreme Court issued its opinion in Brown v. Board of Education outlawing segregation in public schools.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1957

    Ensured that all African Americans were allowed to vote.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1960

    Punished anyone who attempted to restrict a person's right to vote.

  • March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

    Three hundred thousand demonstrators gathered in the nation’s capital for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Outlawed all forms of discrimination against African Americans and women, including segregation.