Major Events
1807
The Slave Trade had been abolished in England. Click here for more information about the the Campaign to Abolish the Slave Trade and the Trade itself.
1840 - 1860 (approx)
The Underground Railroad was used by enslaved Africans to escape to Canada.
1861-1865
American Civil War between the northern and southern states.
1948
President Truman signs an Executive Order which states that all members of the armed forces should be treated equally regardless of race, color, religion, or national origin.
1954
The Supreme Court of the US rules that segregation in schools is unconstitutional
1955
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus for a white person.
1957
Nine black students try to enter a high school in Little Rock Arkansas. They are blocked on orders from the Governor. The President has to send troops to intervene.
1960
Four black students begin a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. The event triggers other protests across the region.
1962
The first black student is enrolled at the University of Mississippi. The event prompts riots and the President is forced to send in troops.
1963
Martin Luther King delivers his "I have a Dream" speech.
Less than a month later, 4 young girls are killed when their church in Birmingham Alabama is bombed.
1964
The President signs the Civil Righs Act which makes discrimination illegal.
1965
Race riots occur in Watts California
1967
Laws barring interracial marriages are declared unconstitutional.
Major race riots take place in Newark, New Jersey and Detroit, Michigan.
1968
Martin Luther King is assassinated. He is 39 years old.
1992
Race riots break out in Los Angeles after a jury acquits four white officers in the beating of African American Rodney King. The beating was caught on videotape and broadcast across the continent.
2013
The Supreme Court of the US removed federal supervision of the state voting process that had been in place since 1965. Some people say that it is no longer needed. Others fear for their right to vote.
References:
"Civil Rights Movement Timeline (14th Amendment, 1964 Act, Human Rights Law) | Infoplease.com." Infoplease.
© 2000–2013 Pearson Education, publishing as Infoplease.
16 Oct. 2013 <http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html>.
1807
The Slave Trade had been abolished in England. Click here for more information about the the Campaign to Abolish the Slave Trade and the Trade itself.
1840 - 1860 (approx)
The Underground Railroad was used by enslaved Africans to escape to Canada.
1861-1865
American Civil War between the northern and southern states.
1948
President Truman signs an Executive Order which states that all members of the armed forces should be treated equally regardless of race, color, religion, or national origin.
1954
The Supreme Court of the US rules that segregation in schools is unconstitutional
1955
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on the bus for a white person.
1957
Nine black students try to enter a high school in Little Rock Arkansas. They are blocked on orders from the Governor. The President has to send troops to intervene.
1960
Four black students begin a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina. The event triggers other protests across the region.
1962
The first black student is enrolled at the University of Mississippi. The event prompts riots and the President is forced to send in troops.
1963
Martin Luther King delivers his "I have a Dream" speech.
Less than a month later, 4 young girls are killed when their church in Birmingham Alabama is bombed.
1964
The President signs the Civil Righs Act which makes discrimination illegal.
1965
Race riots occur in Watts California
1967
Laws barring interracial marriages are declared unconstitutional.
Major race riots take place in Newark, New Jersey and Detroit, Michigan.
1968
Martin Luther King is assassinated. He is 39 years old.
1992
Race riots break out in Los Angeles after a jury acquits four white officers in the beating of African American Rodney King. The beating was caught on videotape and broadcast across the continent.
2013
The Supreme Court of the US removed federal supervision of the state voting process that had been in place since 1965. Some people say that it is no longer needed. Others fear for their right to vote.
References:
"Civil Rights Movement Timeline (14th Amendment, 1964 Act, Human Rights Law) | Infoplease.com." Infoplease.
© 2000–2013 Pearson Education, publishing as Infoplease.
16 Oct. 2013 <http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html>.