CIVIL WAR TO CIVIL RIGHTS Fighting for Equality
Enslaved Africans are brought to the U.S. to work and are horribly abused.
1808-U.S. BANS IMPORT OF SLAVES
Civil War breaks out in United States. In 1863, Emancipation Proclamation frees slaves.
TH AMENDMENT OUTLAWS SLAVERY.
Confederate soldiers form the Ku Klux Klan Terrorist group intimidates, threatens, and murders African Americans. Rights of freed slaves restricted
TH AMENDMENT GIVES BLACK MALES THE RIGHT TO VOTE
1890 S S Jim Crows are passed taking away rights from freed slaves Segregation is established. “Separate but Equal”
SEGREGATION
SEGREGATION
SEGREGATION
1906-FIRST SCHOOLS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS ESTABLISHED Booker T. Washington created technical training
1908-FIRST SCHOOLS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS ESTABLISHED W.E.B. DU BOIS CREATED NAACP NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1954-Brown v. Board of Education ended segregation in schools 1954-Brown v. Board of Education ended segregation in schools
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1955-Martin Luther King Jr. organizes the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Civil Rights Movement 1957-Troops are sent to Little Rock High School in Arkansas to protect African American students from being killed while entering an all white school.
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1960-Greensboro Four had the first successful sit-in ending segregation at lunch counters/restaurants. They were teenagers!
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1963-BAPTIST CHURCH IS BOMBED IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA KILLS 4 AFRICAN AMERICAN LITTLE GIRLS
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1963-Martin Luther King Jr. gives his “I Have a Dream” speech to over 200,000 people Using non-violence to make change
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1963-Police attack peaceful protestors with attack dogs and fire hoses Thousands jailed Segregation ended in places of business
Civil Rights Movement 1964-KKK murders 3 Civil Rights workers and the FBI begins to investigate this group for the FIRST time.
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1964-Freedom Summer starts This was meant to help register all African Americans to vote. 24 th Amendment abolished poll tax.
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1964-Civil Rights Act is passed 1964-Civil Rights Act is passed Eliminates segregation Eliminates segregation
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1965-Voting Rights March from Selma to Montgomery has over 25,000 supporters. Marchers fought for the rights of Jimmy Lee Jackson.
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1965-VOTING RIGHTS ACT PASSED
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1966-Rise of the Black Power group Support from Malcolm X Violence used
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1967-U.S. SUPREME COURT MAKES INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE LEGAL
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1968-Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated
Civil Rights Movement 1968-Olympians protest racial injustice with a black unity salute
1970 S S 1970-Voter registration in the South rises from 5% to 70% 1973-First black mayor elected 1986-MLK’s birthday recognized as a holiday 2001-First black secretary of state (Colin Powell) 2008-First black president