MartinLuther

King, Jr.Jan. 15, 1929 -Apr. 4, 1968

The separation of African and white

Americans in every aspect of life.

Prolonged cruel or unjust treatment or control.

The name given to laws in the south that kept the

races separate.

The casting and registering of votes in an

election.

The ability to read and write.

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Since�the�end�of�slavery�at�the�end�of�the�Civil�War�in�1865,�African�Americans�faced�brutal�oppression�known�as�Jim�Crow�laws.�These�were�legal,�based�on�the�Supreme�Court�case�Plessy�vs.�Ferguson�of�1896.

African�Americans�were�not�allowed�to�use�the�same�hotels,�restrooms,�restaurants,�buses�or�schools�as�whites.�Some�of�the�most�oppressive�laws�were�passed�to�keep�southern�African�Americans�from�voting.�Poll�taxes�and�literacy�tests�were�required�to�vote.�This�kept�many�African�Americans�from�voting�and�ensured�politicians�who�were�elected�to�office�would�continue�to�support�Jim�Crow�laws.

Martin�Luther�King,�Jr.�fought�against�these�laws�by�leading�nonviolent�protests.�

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led the

Montgomery

Bus Boycott

See the original police report for Rosa Parks’ arrest.

visits India to

study Gandhi’s

philosophy of

nonviolence

arrested at a

lunch counter

sit-in in

North Carolina

led the

Birmingham

Campaign

made his famous

“I have a Dream

Speech” in

Washington D.C.

See a portion of his speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial

arrested in

Selma,

Alabama

received the

Nobel Peace

prize

See why he got arrested and what happened in Selma *

announces

the Poor

Peoples

Campaign

assassinated

by James

Earl Ray in

Memphis,

Tennessee

“Poverty is the worse form of violence”

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Rosa Parks

Mahatma GandhiSee a more complete timeline of the entire Civil

Rights Movement

*YouTube video

Ruby Bridges

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See a photo of a

lunch counter

sit-in from

Mississippi

Read paragraph 4 of King’s famous Letter from a Birmingham Jail

King wrote his

often quoted

line, “Injustice

anywhere is a

threat to justice

everywhere”

King’s Civil Rights Timeline

1948

President

Truman

signs

Executive

Order 9981

making equal

treatment

and

opportunity

in the armed

forces the

law

1954

The 24th

amendment to

the constitution

abolishes the

poll tax that

had been

required in 11

southern states

1964

President Johnson

signs the Civil

Rights Act which

“prohibits discrimination

of all kinds based on

race, color, religion, or

national origin”

The Voting Rights

Act is passed

making poll taxes,

literacy tests, and

other restrictions

illegal

President

Johnson signs

Executive Order

11246 requiring

government

contractors to

take “affirmative

action” in hiring

minorities

1965 1988

Congress passes

the Civil Rights

Restoration Act

which applies non-

discrimination laws

within private

institutions

receiving federal

funds

2013

The Supreme Court

strikes down section

4 of the Voting Rights

Act which had

required many

southern states with

a history of voting

discrimination to

get approval to

change voting laws

Johnson signs Voting Rights Act

President Truman

President Johnson

Read about the

2013 Supreme Court

decision

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Civil Rights Law Timeline

Read more: Civil Rights Movement Timeline

The Supreme Court

rules in Brown vs.

The Board of

Education that

segregation in

schools is

unconstitutional

#BlackLivesMatter

is born and

protests around the

country question

police treatment of

black males

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