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Timeline: Civil Rights in the USA 1945-1974

PART TWO: Black Civil Rights

1863-66 Slavery abolished in 1963, 14th Amendment in 1866 made black people full US citizens

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1870 15th Amendment, black males given right to vote

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1896 Plessy v Ferguson

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1909 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) formed

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1942 Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) formed

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1954 Brown v the Board of Education of Topeka

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1955-56 Montgomery Bus Boycott

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1957 Little Rock High School, SCLC formed

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1960 Greensboro Sit-Ins, SNCC formed

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1962 James Meredith Case

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1961 Freedom Rides begin, Anniston

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1963 Birmingham & Washington March

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1964 The Civil Rights Act

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1965 Selma March & Voting Rights Act, Malcom X assassinated, Watts Riots in Los Angeles

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1966 Stokely Carmichael, leader of the SNCC, makes his ‘Black Power’ speech, Black Panthers Party formed

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1968 Assassination of Martin Luther King

Timeline: Civil Rights in the USA 1945-1974

PART TWO: Black Civil Rights

1863-66 Slavery abolished in 1963, 14th Amendment in 1866 made black people full US citizens

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1870 15th Amendment, black males given right to vote

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1896 Plessy v Ferguson

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1909 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) formed

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1942 Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) formed

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1954 Brown v the Board of Education of Topeka

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1955-56 Montgomery Bus Boycott

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1957 Little Rock High School, SCLC formed

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1960 Greensboro Sit-Ins, SNCC formed

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1962 James Meredith Case

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1961 Freedom Rides begin, Anniston

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1963 Birmingham & Washington March

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1964 The Civil Rights Act

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1965 Selma March & Voting Rights Act, Malcom X assassinated, Watts Riots in Los Angeles

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1966 Stokely Carmichael, leader of the SNCC, makes his ‘Black Power’ speech, Black Panthers Party formed

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1968 Assassination of Martin Luther King

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