History Timeline

March on Washington: Date: August 28, 1963 Details:200,000 Americans gathered in washington in 1963 to learn about the problems African Americans were facing. This was the gathering that Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “ i have a dream speech” Importance:a quarter of a million people rallied in Washington, D.C. to demand an end to segregation, fair wages and economic justice, voting rights, education, and long overdue civil rights protections

15th amendment: Date:February 3, 1870 Details: The amendment reads, “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” The 15th Amendment guaranteed African American men the right to vote. Importance: rights not to be denied

13th amendment: Date: December 6, 1865 Details: The 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that "Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted Importance: abolition of slavery

Voting Rights Act of 1965: Date:August 10, 1965 Details:made it easier for Southern blacks to register to vote by getting rid of literacy test and poll taxes It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. This “act to enforce the fifteenth amendment to the Constitution” was signed into law 95 years after the amendment was ratified. Importance:prohibited any discriminatory voter registration practices,

Freedom ride:Date:May 4, 1961 Details: two busses took a trip to the south in 1961. The desegregated buses went to the south and broke every segregation law Importance: allows us the opportunity to pursue happiness while ensuring our rights are protected at all times

24th amendment: Date:january 23, 1964 Details:Voters can no longer be required to pay in order to vote, allowing poorer citizens to have the right to vote protected. Not long ago, citizens in some states had to pay a fee to vote in a national election. This fee was called a poll tax. On January 23, 1964, the United States ratified the 24th Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting any poll tax in elections for federal officials. Importance: abolishes the poll taxes

Little rock 9: Date:September 3, 1957 Details:Nine africans students who enrolled in an all white school. In 1957 president Eisenhower made it possible for them to attend Little Rock High School Importance:identify the first African American students to desegregate Little Rock Central High

Civil Rights Act of 1968 Date: April 11, 1968 Details: The 1968 Act expanded on previous acts and prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin, sex, (and as amended) handicap and family status. Importance:prohibited discrimination

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14th amendment: Date: July 9, 1868 Details: Passed by the Senate on June 8, 1866, and ratified two years later, on July 9, 1868, the Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship to all persons "born or naturalized in the United States," including formerly enslaved people, and provided all citizens with “equal protection under the laws,” Importance:Privileges and immunities, due process, equal protection, apportionment of representatives, civil war disqualification and debt

Birmingham Protest: Date: May 2, 1963 Details: Birmingham, AL; series of lunch counter sit-ins, marches on city hall and boycotts of downtown merchants to protest segregation laws in the city, Media showed the peaceful demonstration met with violent resistance by fire hoses & police dogs on men, women & children. Importance: people outside of the South ( including President JFK) saw what was happening, considered one of the running points in Civil Rights Struggle

Civil Rights Act of 1964: Date:July 2, 1964 Details: president johnson signed it and it prohibited discrimination of all kinds. Also provided the federal government with the power to enforce desegregation Importance: act that outlawed discrimination baked on race, color, religion, or sex

Montgomery buss boycott: Date: December 1, 1955 Details:African Americans refused to ride buses because when they did they were forced to sit in the back. The boycott took place in 1955 Importance: to protest segregation seating

Greensboro 4: Date: February 1, 1960 Details:four friends sat down at a lunch counter in Greensboro. That may not sound like a legendary moment, but it was. The four people were African American, and they sat where African Americans weren't allowed to sit. Importance:to take a stance against segregation

MLK assassination: Date: April 4, 1968 Details:Marther Luther King was assassinated in the Lorraine Motel in Memphis Tennessee in 1968 Importance:His assassination led to an outpouring of anger among Black Americans, as well as a period of national mourning that helped speed the way for an equal housing bill that would be the last significant legislative achievement of the civil rights era