Civil Rights

African are being shipped to North America as slaves. 1600s

The writers of the United States Constitution decide that slaves will count as three fifths of a person when deciding how many representatives each state will have in Congress. three fifths 1787

The Missouri CompromiseThe Missouri Compromise allows the people in each state to vote on whether slavery should be legal in that state or not. 1820

Sojourner Truth Sojourner Truth escapes from slavery and begins fighting for the desegregation of buses in Washington D.C. and for women’s rights. 1826

Nat TurnerNat Turner sees a vision and hears voices telling him to fight against slavery by killing slave owners 1828

Frederick DouglassFrederick Douglass gives speeches and publishes a newspaper to encourage others to help fight against slavery. 1847

Harriet TubmanHarriet Tubman begins helping over 300 slaves escape to freedom on the Underground Railroad. 1849

The Compromise of 1850 ends the slave trade to the United States, but allows slavery to continue.Compromise of 1850

Dred ScottDred Scott takes his case to win his freedom to the Supreme Court, and the court rules that slaves who escape to free states must be returned to their masters. 1857

Abraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln is elected the sixteenth President of the United States, and begins to work to keep the country together. 1860

The South breaks away from the North resulting in the civil war

1863

th Amendment: Ends slavery in the United States 14 th Amendment: Makes all people born in the Untied States citizens 15 th Amendment: Gives black men the right to vote

1868

Plessy vs. Ferguson

NAACP

In the case of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, KS, the Supreme Court rules that separate schools for black and white students is unconstitutional.Brown v. Board of Education 1954

1955 Rosa ParksRosa Parks is arrested for refusing to give up her seat in the front of a bus, helping begin the Montgomery Bus Boycotts.

Martin Luther King, JrMartin Luther King, Jr. leads the Montgomery Bus Boycott to help end segregation on buses. 1957

The Little Rock NineThe Little Rock Nine help integrate the all- white Little Rock Central High School. 1957

1960 Ruby BridgesRuby Bridges is one of the first black students to attend an all-white school.

1960 Greensboro Sit In

Black and white freedom riders travel into the south to see if they will be treated equally, and they are attacked by racists.freedom riders 1961

President John F. Kennedy promises to end racial discrimination in his inaugural address.John F. Kennedy 1961

Martin Luther King, JrMartin Luther King, Jr. gives his "I Have a Dream" Speech in Washington, D.C. 1963

Malcolm X

Medgar Evers

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Selma to Montgomery March

MLK assassinated