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This is a timeline of the African-American Civil Rights Movement.

1600 - 1899

1676

Early 1800s

1849

1852

1857

1862


1863-1877 Reconstruction


1863

1865

1866

1868

1870

1872

1873

1875

1876

1880

1884

  • unknown - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn published, written by Mark Twain.
  • unknown - Judy W. Reed, of Washington, DC, and Sarah E. Goode, of Chicago, were the first African American women inventors to receive patents. Reed may not have been able to sign her name, but she may be the first African American woman to receive a patent. Signed with an "X," patent no. 305,474, granted September 23, 1884, is for a dough kneader and roller. Goode's patent for a cabinet bed, patent no. 322,177, was issued on July 14, 1885. Goode, the owner of a Chicago furniture store at the time of her invention, invented a folding bed that could be formed into a desk when not in use.

1890s

1896

1900 - 1949

1905

1908

1909

1910

1915

1919

1921

1923

1925

1929

1931

1936

1940

1941

1943

1944


1945-1975 Second Reconstruction/American Civil Rights Movement


1945

  • unknown - Freeman Field Mutiny, where Black officers attempt to desegregate an all-white officers club.

1946

1947

1948

1950 - 1959

For more detail during this period, see Freedom Riders website chronology

1950

1951

1952

1954

1955

1956

1957

1958

  • unknown - The Supreme Court awards the NAACP the right to continue operating in Alabama under NAACP v. Alabama.

1959

1960 - 1969

For more detail during this period, see Freedom Riders website chronology
See also Race riot

1960

1961

1962

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

  • December - Fred Hampton, chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party is shot and killed while asleep in bed during a police raid on his home.
  • unknown - United Citizens Party is formed in South Carolina when Democratic Party refuse to nominate African-American candidates.
  • unknown - Control of segregationist TV station WLBT given to a bi-racial foundation.
  • unknown - Congress passes the Indian Civil Rights Act, which prohibits state governments from assuming jurisdiction over Native American lands and extends to Indians the same rights that non-Native whites have had since the addition of the Bill of Rights to the Constitution.

1970 - present

1970

1971

1972

  • In Baton Rouge, two Southern University students are killed by white Sheriff deputies during a school protest over lack of funding from the state. Today, the university’s Smith-Brown Memorial Union is named in their honor.

1973

1974

1978

1984

1986

  • Established by legislation in 1983, Martin Luther King, Jr., Day is first celebrated as a national holiday.

1987

1988

1989

1991

1992

1995

1997

2001

2003

2005

Footnotes

To the reader : If you arrived at a footnote by clicking on a superscript [b] (or [c]) then click on the superscript b (or c), to return:

  1. ^ Transcript from the JFK library.
  2. ^ Medgar Evers.
  3. ^ proposed Civil Rights Act.
  4. ^ March on Washington.
  5. ^ MLK's famous speech.
  6. ^ b Presidency book excerpt.
  7. ^ Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech.
  8. ^ b c LBJ's speech to Congress on voting rights + background facts.

See also

Other people

Other performers

Other athletes