2. 1865 the American Civil war ends
The Civil War ends and
the abolition of
slavery is a fact.

3. 1881 - Jim Crow Laws
The Jim Crow laws were state
and local laws in the United
States enacted between
1876 and 1965. Some
examples of Jim Crow laws
are the segregation of public
schools, public places and
public transportation, and
the segregation of
restrooms, restaurants and
drinking fountains for whites
and blacks. The U.S. military
was also segregated.

4. Civil Rights Timeline

5. 1909 - NAACP
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National Association for
the Advancement of
Colored People - They
were a powerful voice
in the struggle to
improve the legal rights
of African Americans
and fought to bring an
end to racial violence.

6. May 17, 1954 - Brown vs. Board of Education
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The Supreme Court ruling on
the landmark case Brown v.
Board of Education of Topeka,
Kans., agreeing that
segregation in public schools is
unconstitutional. The ruling
started the way for
desegregation. The decision
overturns the 1896 Plessy v.
Ferguson ruling that sanctioned
"separate but equal"
segregation of the races, ruling
that "separate educational
facilities are inherently
unequal."

7. Dec. 1, 1955 - Rosa Parks
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Secretary of the local
NAACP chapter, she
refused to give up her
seat at the front of the
"Colored people" section
to a white person. She
was arrested. This started
the Montgoery Bus
Boycott.

8. 1957-Little Rock Nine
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The Little Rock Nine were the nine
African-American students involved in
the desegregation of Little Rock Central
High School. Their entrance into the
school in 1957 sparked a nationwide
crisis when Arkansas governor Orval
Faubus, in defiance of a federal court
order, called out the Arkansas National
Guard to prevent the Nine from entering.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
responded by federalizing the National
Guard and sending in units of the U.S.
Army to escort the Nine into the school.
The military presence remained for the
duration of the school year.

9. 1961- Medgar Evers
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Civil rights activist Medgar Evers
was born on July 2, 1925, in
Decatur, Mississippi. In 1954, he
became the first state field
secretary of the NAACP in
Mississippi. As such, he organized
voter-registration efforts,
demonstrations, and economic
boycotts of companies that
practiced discrimination. He also
worked to investigate crimes
perpetrated against blacks. On
June 12, 1963, Evers was
assassinated outside of his home in
Jackson, Mississippi.

10. 1963 March on Washington
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On August 28, 1963, more than 200,000
Americans gathered in Washington,
D.C., for a political rally known as the
March on Washington for Jobs and
Freedom. Organized by a number of civil
rights and religious groups, the event
was designed to shed light on the
political and social challenges African
Americans continued to face across the
country. The march, which became a
key moment in the growing struggle for
civil rights in the United States,
culminated in Martin Luther King Jr.’s "I
Have a Dream" speech, a spirited call for
racial justice and equality.

11. 1963 - Martin Luther King Jr.
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I have a dream
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Martin Luther King,helped to establish
the Southern Christian Leadership
Conference, of which King is made the
first president. The SCLC was a major
force in organizing the civil
rights movement and bases its
principles on nonviolence and civil
disobedience. On Aug. 28, 1963
Martin Luther King delivers his famous
"I Have a Dream" speech. at the
Lincoln Memorial at the "March on
Washington.

12. 1963 - 1965 - Malcolm X
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Fiery minister at the Nation of
Islam. Against what MLK Jr.
stood for (non-violent protests),
but in 1964 after visiting Islam's
holy sites he started
cooperating with civil rights
leaders, In Feb. 21, 1965 he
was assassinated by black
muslims who considered him a
traitor to the cause.

13. 1964 Civil Rights Act

July 2, 1964 marked the day
when President Lyndon B.
Johnson signed the Civil Rights
Act of 1964. The bill
prohibited discrimination due
to race, religion, national
origin, and genderthe This act
enabled ALL citizens the right to
enter public accommodations;
such as
parks, restaurants, libraries etc.
to eliminate the separation of
whites vs. minorities (mostly
African- Americans).
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