1. CIVIL WAR TO CIVIL RIGHTS Fighting for Equality

2. 1526-1808 Enslaved Africans are brought to the U.S. to work and are horribly abused.

3. 1808-U.S. BANS IMPORT OF SLAVES

4. 1861-1865 Civil War breaks out in United States. In 1863, Emancipation Proclamation frees slaves.

5. 1865 13 TH AMENDMENT OUTLAWS SLAVERY.

6. 1865-66 Confederate soldiers form the Ku Klux Klan Terrorist group intimidates, threatens, and murders African Americans. Rights of freed slaves restricted

7. 1867-1868 14 TH AMENDMENT GIVES BLACK MALES THE RIGHT TO VOTE

8. 1890 S -1900 S Jim Crows are passed taking away rights from freed slaves. 1896-Segregation is established. “Separate but Equal”

9. SEGREGATION

10. SEGREGATION

11. SEGREGATION

12. 1906-FIRST SCHOOLS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS ESTABLISHED Booker T. Washington created technical training

13. 1908-FIRST SCHOOLS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS ESTABLISHED W.E.B. DU BOIS CREATED NAACP NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE

14. 1950-1969 CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1954-Brown v. Board of Education ended segregation in schools 1954-Brown v. Board of Education ended segregation in schools

15. 1950-1969 CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1955-Martin Luther King Jr. organizes the Montgomery Bus Boycott

16. 1950-1969 Civil Rights Movement 1957-Troops are sent to Little Rock High School in Arkansas to protect African American students from being killed while entering an all white school.

17. 1950-1969 CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1960-Greensboro Four had the first successful sit-in ending segregation at lunch counters/restaurants. They were teenagers!

18. 1950-1969 CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1963-BAPTIST CHURCH IS BOMBED IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA KILLS 4 AFRICAN AMERICAN LITTLE GIRLS

19. 1950-1969 CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1963-Martin Luther King Jr. gives his “I Have a Dream” speech to over 200,000 people Using non-violence to make change

20. 1950-1969 CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1963-Police attack peaceful protestors with attack dogs and fire hoses Thousands jailed Segregation ended in places of business

21. 1960-1969 Civil Rights Movement 1964-KKK murders 3 Civil Rights workers and the FBI begins to investigate this group for the FIRST time.

22. 1950-1969 CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1964-Freedom Summer starts This was meant to help register all African Americans to vote. 24 th Amendment abolished poll tax.

23. 1950-1969 CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1964-Civil Rights Act is passed 1964-Civil Rights Act is passed Eliminates segregation Eliminates segregation

24. 1950-1969 CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1965-Voting Rights March from Selma to Montgomery has over 25,000 supporters. Marchers fought for the rights of Jimmy Lee Jackson.

25. 1950-1969 CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1965-VOTING RIGHTS ACT PASSED

26. 1950-1969 CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1966-Rise of the Black Power group Support from Malcolm X Violence used

27. 1950-1969 CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1967-U.S. SUPREME COURT MAKES INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE LEGAL

28. 1950-1969 CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT 1968-Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated

29. 1950-1969 Civil Rights Movement 1968-Olympians protest racial injustice with a black unity salute

30. 1970 S -2000 S 1970-Voter registration in the South rises from 5% to 70% 1973-First black mayor elected 1986-MLK’s birthday recognized as a holiday 2001-First black secretary of state (Colin Powell) 2008-First black president