1. Black History Month By Dominic Nebel & Justin Griser

2. Emancipation Proclamation Made: January 1, 1863 What it did: free slaves in states fighting the Union

3. 13 th Amendment Made: December 6, 1865 What it did: abolition of slavery

4. 14 th Amendment Made: July 9, 1868 What it did: grant civil rights to blacks

5. 15 th Amendment Made: February 3, 1870 What it did: black suffrage

6. N.A.A.C.P. (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) Made: February 12, 1909 What they did: help stop black oppression

7. Brown vs. Board of Education Court Decision Happened: May 17, 1954 What it did: stopped segregation in schools

8. Rosa Parks’ Bus Incident Happened: December 1, 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man What happened after: stopped segregation on city buses

9. Little Rock 9 Happened: September of 1957 People involved: Ruby Bridges, Elizabeth Eckford and seven other black students What they did: help break the color barrier in white schools

10. Civil Rights Act of 1964 Made: July 2, 1964 What it did: grant civil rights to blacks: vote,go to desegregated schools, desegregated public transportation and do any thing a white person can do

11. March On Washington Happened: August 28, 1963 What they did: help pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964

12. Martin Luther King Jr. Born: January 15, 1929 What he did: bring the blacks and the whites together and non-violence protests Civil Rights leader Died: April 4, 1968

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