African American Civil Rights
Category: Other
Updated: 28 Mar 2018
1865 - 1992
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13th AmendmentFreedmen's BureauKu Klux Klan formed1866 Civil Rights ActFourteenth AmendmentFifteenth AmendmentFirst Enforcement ActSecond Enforcement Act1875 Civil Rights ActHayes-Tilden CompromiseRail travel segegated in TenesseeUnited States v HarrisBooker T. Washington 'Atlanta Compromise' SpeechPlessy v FergusonWilkins v MississippiBooker T. Washington invited to the White HouseNiagara Movement foundedThe National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) foundedThe Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) foundedThe film Birth of a Nation is releasedSilent ParadeFormation of the Nation of IslamA. Philip Randolph threatens march on Washington to highlight discrimination in the war industriesCongress of Racial Equality (CORE) formedSmith v AllwrightDesegregation of the militaryMalcolm X joins the NoIBrown v Board of EducationMontgomery Bus Boycott1957 Civil Rights ActLittle Rock, ArkansasSouthern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formedBoynton v VirginiaStudent Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formedAlbany, GeorgiaFreedom RidesMarch on Washington for Jobs and FreedomBirmingham, AlabamaMalcolm X leaves the NoI1964 Civil Rights ActMalcolm X assassinatedSelma, Alabama1965 Voting Rights ActBlack Panther Party formedChicago Freedom MovementMarch Against Fear (Meredith March)Poor People's CampaignAssassination of Martin Luther KingAlexander v. Holmes County Board of EducationSwann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationEqual Opportunity Employment ActJesse Jackson stands as a candidate for the Democratic Presidential nomination, and comes thirdJesse Jackson stands again and comes second1991 Civil Rights Employment ActFair Employment ActBooker T. Washington BornBooker T forms the National Negro Business LeagueW.E.B. Du Bois BornMarcus Garvey BornA. Philip Randolph BornMartin Luther King BornMalcolm X BornPeriods
Abraham LincolnCongressional ReconstructionAndrew JohnsonTHE GILDED AGEUlysses S. GrantRutherford B. HayesJames Abram GarfieldChester Alan ArthurGrover CleavelandGrover CleavelandBenjamin HarrisonWilliam McKinleyTheodore RooseveltWilliam Howard TaftWoodrow WilsonWarren HardingCalvin CoolidgeHerbert HooverFranklin D. RooseveltHarry S. TrumanDwight EisenhowerJohn F. KennedyLyndon B. JohnsonRichard NixonGerald FordJames 'Jimmy' CarterRonald ReaganGeorge BushA raft of Jim Crow laws are passed across the SouthTHE NEW DEALThe Great DepressionBLACK POWER
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