Civil Rights timeline by 2026Aziz Halilovic

1865 - End of the American Civil War/ Start of reconstruction.

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As the Civil War ended, the Southern States had to reconstruct government and society. The political and social rights of the millions of newly freed Americans would become an important part of the post-war period.

1865-1877 - Reconstruction era

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The Reconstruction era was when slavery ended and slaves where supposed to get civil rights rights. But then Democratic party won and there was an economic depression which led to the forming of the KKK.

1880-1960s Jim Crow Era

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Jim Crow laws that allowed Southern states to manipulate federal laws and public segregation.

1955 Montgomery bus boycott

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The Boycott was a non-violent way of spreading a strong message to racist bus companies that, blacks are united and they can cause big things to happen without using violence.

1955 Emmett Till

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Emmett Till, was a boy who got murdered and thrown in river, just because he was talking to a white store clerk and her husband found out and killed Emmett, and when his body was discovered, his mother wanted the whole world to see what they did to him just because he was black.

1957 "Little Rock Nine"

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the Little rock nine, were 9 students who were chosen for their excellency, to go to a white school where they were blocked by the national guard and prevented them from going to school, where later on they were let into the school by feds sent by president Eisenhower.

1957 Student Sit-ins

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Student sit-ins were when Black students sat peacefully in "Whites only" restaurants where they ordered food and they refused to give them service, where they sat in peacefully with no violence and where being harassed by whites.

1963 March on Washington

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The March on Washington where 250,000 people attended and the famous "I have a dream speech" happened by Dr. King. And at the Washington so many people gathered and sang together, no Matter their race nor ethnicity.

1955 Rosa Parks

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Rosa Parks was a Woman who refused to get up after a white man told her to, and she was one of the reasons that the Montgomery bus boycott started.

1968 MLK was assassinated

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After a powerfull speech in Memphis, about how he saw the promise land and how good gave him the vision. The next day Dr. King was assassinated and killed.