This is a timeline of the American Civil Rights Movement. The civil rights movement in the United States has been a long, primarily nonviolent struggle to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all Americans. ...

1857

• March 6 - In Dred Scott v. Sandford the Supreme Court upholds slavery. This decision is regarded as a key cause of the American Civil War.

March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ... Holding Blacks, whether slaves or free, could not become United States citizens and the plaintiff therefore lacked the capacity to file a lawsuit. ... The supreme court in some countries, provinces, and states, is the highest court in that jurisdiction and functions as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be appealed. ... A monument celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, erected in Victoria Tower Gardens, Millbank, Westminster, London Look up Slavery in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Slavery is a condition of control over a person against their will, enforced by violence or other forms of coercion. ... The American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the United States – forces coming mostly from the 23 northern states of the Union – and the newly-formed Confederate States of America, which consisted of 11 southern states that had declared their secession. ...

1862

• September 22 - Announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation.

September 22 is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years). ... First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation - Lincoln meets with his Cabinet. ...

1863

• January 1 - The Emancipation Proclamation goes into effect.

January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... First Reading of the Emancipation Proclamation - Lincoln meets with his Cabinet. ...

1865

• December 18th - The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolishes slavery in the U.S.

December 18 is the 352nd day of the year (353rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Amendment XIII (the Thirteenth Amendment) of the United States Constitution states: Section 1 Section 2 Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. ... A monument celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, erected in Victoria Tower Gardens, Millbank, Westminster, London Look up Slavery in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Slavery is a condition of control over a person against their will, enforced by violence or other forms of coercion. ...

1866

• April 9 - Civil Rights Act of 1866 passed over presidential veto. All persons born in the United States were now citizens.

April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... In March 1866, the Republican United States Congress passed the Civil Rights Act, which gave further rights to the freed slaves after the end of the American Civil War. ...

1868

• July 9 - The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution's Section 1 requires due process and equal protection.

July 9 is the 190th day of the year (191st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 175 days remaining. ... Amendment XIV (the Fourteenth Amendment) of the United States Constitution is one of the post-Civil War amendments and includes the due process and equal protection clauses (Section 1). ... Due process of law is a legal concept that ensures the government will respect all of a persons legal rights instead of just some or most of those legal rights, when the government deprives a person of life, liberty, or property. ... The Equal Protection Clause is a part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, providing that no state shall make or enforce any law which shall. ...

1870

• February 3 - The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees the right of citizens of the United States to vote.

February 3 is the 34th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Contemporary drawing depicting the first vote by African-Americans Amendment XV (the Fifteenth Amendment) of the United States Constitution is one of the post-Civil War, Reconstruction amendments. ...

1875

• March 1 - Civil Rights Act of 1875 signed.

March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... The Civil Rights Act of 1875, proposed by Charles Sumner and Benjamin F. Butler in 1870, was passed on March 1, 1875. ...

1890s

• varied - First Jim Crow laws.

A depiction of T.D. Rices Jim Crow In the United States, the so-called Jim Crow laws were made to enforce racial segregation, and included laws that would prevent African Americans from doing things that a white person could do. ...

1896

• May 18 - In Plessy v. Ferguson the Supreme Court approved de jure racial segregation (see Jim Crow laws for historical discussion).

May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... Plessy v. ... The supreme court in some countries, provinces, and states, is the highest court in that jurisdiction and functions as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be appealed. ... De jure (in Classical Latin de iure) is an expression that means by law, as contrasted with de facto, which means in fact. The terms de jure and de facto are used like in principle and in practice when one is describing political situations. ... Racial segregation is a kind of formalized or institutionalized discrimination on the basis of race, characterized by the races separation from each other. ... A depiction of T.D. Rices Jim Crow In the United States, the so-called Jim Crow laws were made to enforce racial segregation, and included laws that would prevent African Americans from doing things that a white person could do. ...

1909

• February 12 - First National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) meeting scheduled.

February 12 is the 43rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP, is one of the oldest and most influential civil rights organizations in the United States. ...

1910

• September 29 - National Urban League founded.

September 29 is the 272nd day of the year (273rd in leap years). ... National Urban League Logo The National Urban League is a non-profit, nonpartisan, civil rights and community-based movement that advocates on behalf of Black Americans and against racial discrimination. ...

1915

• June 21 - In Guinn v. United States, the Supreme Court ruled against grandfather clauses used to deny Blacks the vote.

June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... Guinn v. ... The supreme court in some countries, provinces, and states, is the highest court in that jurisdiction and functions as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be appealed. ... In the United States, a grandfather clause is an exception which allows something pre-existing to remain as it is, despite a change to the contrary in the rules applied to newer situations. ...

1919

• summer - Red Summer of 1919 riots.

Red Summer is a term coined by the NAACP, describing a series of 25 or more race riots in the USA during the summer and fall of 1919. ...

1925

• unknown - Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters organized.

The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was a labor union in the United States organized from Pullman Porters. ...

1935

• March 25 - Scottsboro Boys arrested. All were later freed, pardoned or paroled.

March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... The case of the Scottsboro Boys arose in Alabama during the 1930s, when nine black teenagers, none older than nineteen, were accused of raping two white women on a train. ...

1941

• June 25 - President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issues Executive Order 8802, the "Fair Employment Act".

June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States, the longest-serving holder of the office and the only man to be elected President more than twice, was one of the central figures of 20th century history. ... Executive Order 8802 (also known as the Fair Employment Act) was signed by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on June 25, 1941 to prohibit racial discrimination in the national defense industry. ...

1943

• unknown - Congress of Racial Equality founded.

The Congress of Racial Equality or CORE is a civil rights organization that played a pivotal role in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement of the 20th century. ...

1944

• April 25 - United Negro College Fund incorporated.

April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). ... United Negro College Fund, headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia is an American philanthropic organization with the mission of raising college tuition money for African-American students and as well as general scholarship funds for historically African-American colleges and universities. ...

1947

• April 9 - The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) sends 16 men on the Journey of Reconciliation.

April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... The Congress of Racial Equality or CORE is a civil rights organization that played a pivotal role in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement of the 20th century. ...

1948

• July 26 - President Harry S. Truman issues Executive Order 9981 ending segregation in the armed forces.

July 26 is the 207th day (208th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 158 days remaining. ... For the victim of Mt. ... On July 26, 1948, US President Harry S. Truman issued Executive Order 9981 establishing equality of treatment and opportunity in the Armed Services for people of all races. ...

1954

• May 17 - The Supreme Court overturns "separate but equal" in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans.

May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... The supreme court in some countries, provinces, and states, is the highest court in that jurisdiction and functions as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be appealed. ... Holding Racial segregation in public education violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment; separate facilities are “inherently unequal. ...

1955

• August 28 - Teenager Emmett Till is killed for whistling at a white woman.
• December 1 - Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat on a bus, starting the Montgomery Bus Boycott.

August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ... Emmett Louis Bobo Till (July 25, 1941–August 28, 1955) was an African-American youth native to Chicago, Illinois whose brutal lynching in Mississippi was one of the key events leading up to the American Civil Rights Movement. ... December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to make room for white people. ... The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political protest campaign in 1955 in Montgomery, Alabama intended to oppose the citys policy of racial segregation on its public transit system. ...

1957

• January - Southern Christian Leadership Conference formed.
• September 4 - The governor of Arkansas calls out the National Guard to block integration of Little Rock Central High School.
• September - Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas is integrated. Federal and National Guard troops escort the Little Rock Nine.
• unknown - Civil Rights Act of 1957 signed.

The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC, first known as Southern Negro Leaders Conference on Transportation and Nonviolent Integration) is a civil rights organization founded in January 1957. ... September 4 is the 247th day of the year (248th in leap years). ... Integration may be any of the following: Usually integration is the construction of an object, a theory, etc. ... Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site Little Rock Central High School was the site of a major event during the civil rights movement in the United States. ... Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site Little Rock Central High School was the site of a major event during the civil rights movement in the United States. ... State nickname: The Natural State Other U.S. States Capital Little Rock Largest city Little Rock Governor Mike Huckabee Official languages English Area 137,732 km² (29th)  - Land 134,856 km²  - Water 2,876 km² (2. ... The Little Rock Nine is the common term applied to the nine African-American students who were prevented from attending Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas during 1957. ... The Civil Rights Act of 1957, primarily a United States since Reconstruction. ...

1960

• February 1 - Four Black students sit at the Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, sparking six months of the Greensboro Sit-Ins.
• April - The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) is formed in Raleigh, North Carolina.
• May 6 - Civil Rights Act of 1960 signed.

February 1 is the 32nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Greensboro is the name of some places in the United States of America: Greensboro, North Carolina This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... State nickname: Tar Heel State Other U.S. States Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Governor Michael Easley Official languages English Area 139,509 km² (28th)  - Land 126,256 km²  - Water 13,227 km² (9. ... On February 1, 1960, four African-American students (Ezell Blair Jr. ... The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (or SNCC, pronounced snick) was one of the primary institutions of the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. ... See also Raleigh, North Carolina and Sir Walter Raleigh. ... State nickname: Tar Heel State Other U.S. States Capital Raleigh Largest city Charlotte Governor Michael Easley Official languages English Area 139,509 km² (28th)  - Land 126,256 km²  - Water 13,227 km² (9. ... May 6 is the 126th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (127th in leap years). ... The Civil Rights Act of 1960 established federal inspection of local voter registration rolls and introduced penalties for anyone who obstructed someones attempt to register to vote or actually vote. ...

1961

• May 4 - The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) sends student volunteers on bus trips: these are labelled the Freedom Rides and the students Freedom Riders.

May 4 is the 124th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (125th in leap years). ... The Congress of Racial Equality or CORE is a civil rights organization that played a pivotal role in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement of the 20th century. ... The Freedom Rides were a series of student political protests performed in 1961 as part of the US civil rights movement. ... The Freedom Riders were a group of men and women from many different background and ethnicities who boarded buses, trains and planes headed for the deep South to test the 1960 U.S. Supreme Court ruling outlawing racial segregation in all interstate public facilities. ...

1962

• September 20 - James Meredith barred from becoming the first Black student to enroll at the University of Mississippi. Federal troops are sent.

September 20 is the 263rd day of the year (264th in leap years). ... James Howard Meredith (born June 25, 1933) is an American civil rights movement figure, although he vocally prefers not to be regarded as such. ... The Lyceum The University of Mississippi (also known as Ole Miss) is public, coeducational research university located near Oxford, Mississippi. ...

1963

• April 16 - Letter from Birmingham Jail written by Martin Luther King.
• June 12 - Medgar Evers murdered in Jackson, Mississippi.
• August 28 - March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom held, Dr. Martin Luther King gives his I have a dream speech.
• September 15 - 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham, Alabama kills four little girls.

April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). ... The Letter From Birmingham Jail, commonly but incorrectly rendered Letter From a Birmingham Jail, was an open letter on April 16, 1963 written by Martin Luther King, Jr. ... Martin Luther King Jr. ... June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... Medgar Evers (July 2, 1925–June 12, 1963) was an African American civil rights activist from Mississippi. ... Cities named Jackson Jackson, Alabama Jackson, California Jackson, Georgia Jackson, Kentucky Jackson, Michigan Jackson, Minnesota Jackson, Mississippi (state capital) Jackson, Missouri Jackson, Ohio Jackson, Tennessee Towns and townships named Jackson Jackson, Louisiana Jackson, Maine Jackson, New Hampshire Jackson, New York Jackson, North Carolina Jackson, South Carolina Jackson, Wisconsin (three) Jackson... State nickname: Magnolia State Other U.S. States Capital Jackson Largest city Jackson Governor Haley Barbour Official languages English Area 125,546 km² (32nd)  - Land 121,606 km²  - Water 3,940 km² (3%) Population (2000)  - Population 2,697,243 (31st)  - Density 23. ... August 28 is the 240th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (241st in leap years), with 125 days remaining. ... Demonstrator at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a political rally that took place on August 28, 1963. ... Martin Luther King Jr. ... Martin Luther King, Jr. ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... The 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing was a terrorist incident that proved to be a turning point of the US civil rights movement of the 1960s. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... Alabama is a state located in the southern United States. ...

1964

• January 23 - 24th Amendment abolishes the poll tax.
• Summer - Mississippi Freedom Summer.
• June 21 - Mississippi Civil Rights Workers Murders.
• July 3 - Civil Rights Act of 1964 signed.
• October 14 - Martin Luther King awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

January 23 is the 23rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... (Redirected from 24th Amendment) Amendment XXIV (the Twenty-fourth Amendment) of the United States Constitution prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll or other type of tax. ... A poll tax, head tax, or capitation is a tax of a uniform, fixed amount per individual (as opposed to a percentage of income). ... Freedom Summer was a campaign in the United States launched during the summer of 1964 to attempt to register as many African American voters as possible in the southern states. ... June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... The Mississippi Civil Rights Workers Murders were the 1964 slayings of three political activists during the Civil Rights Movement. ... July 3rd is the 184th day of the year (185th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 181 days remaining. ... President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964. ... October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years). ... Martin Luther King Jr. ... Nobel Peace Prize (where Nobel is pronounced with the stress on the second syllable) is one of five Nobel Prizes requested by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel. ...

1965

• February 21 - Malcolm X shot to death in Manhattan, New York, probably by members of the Black Muslim faith.
• March 7 - "Bloody Sunday" on the Selma to Montgomery marches: civil rights workers in Selma, Alabama begin a march to Montgomery but are stopped by a police blockade. Many marchers are severely injured.
• July 2 - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission opens.
• August 6 - Voting Rights Act of 1965 signed.
• August 11 - Watts riots erupt.
• September 24 - Executive Order 11246 signed, requiring Equal Employment Opportunity by federal contractors.

February 21 is the 52nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... // Malcolm X Malcolm X (May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965 – also: Malcolm Little, Detroit Red, El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, and Omowale) was a spokesman for the Nation of Islam, and a founder of both the Muslim Mosque, Inc. ... Manhattan is an island bordering the lower Hudson River. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... March 7 is the 66th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (67th in Leap years). ... John Lewis (on right in trench coat) and Hosea Williams (on the left) lead marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge,March 7, 1965 The Selma to Montgomery marches, which included Bloody Sunday, were three marches that marked the political and emotional peak of the American civil rights movement. ... Selma is the name of a number of places: in the United States of America: Selma, Alabama Selma, Arkansas Selma, California Selma, Colorado Selma, Indiana Selma, Iowa Selma, Kansas Selma, Louisiana Selma, Michigan Selma, Mississippi Selma, Missouri Selma, North Carolina Selma, Ohio Selma, Oregon Selma, South Carolina Selma, Texas Selma... Alabama is a state located in the southern United States. ... Montgomery is, according to placesnamed. ... July 2 is the 183rd day of the year (184th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 182 days remaining. ... The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, or EEOC, is a U.S. federal agency tasked with ending employment discrimination in the United States. ... August 6 is the 218th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (219th in leap years), with 147 days remaining. ... The United States Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed the requirement that would-be voters take literacy tests and provided for federal registration of African American voters in areas that had less than 50% of eligible voters registered. ... August 11 is the 223rd day of the year (224th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... The Watts Riots were a large-scale civil disorder lasting six days in Los Angeles, California in 1965. ... September 24 is the 267th day of the year (268th in leap years). ... Executive Order 11246, signed September 24, 1965 required Equal Employment Opportunity. ...

1966

• October - Black Panthers founded by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale in Oakland, California.

The Black Panther Party (originally called the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense) was a revolutionary Black nationalist organization in the United States that formed in the late 1960s and grew to national prominence before falling apart due to factional rivalries stirred up by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. ... Huey P. Newton Huey P. Newton (February 17, 1942 – August 22, 1989) was co-founder and inspirational leader of the Black Panther Party, a militant African-American activist group. ... Bobby Seale Bobby Seale (born October 22, 1936) and Huey P. Newton co-founded the Black Panther Party in 1966. ... Aerial view looking west over downtown Oakland, Lake Merritt and the Port of Oakland. ... State nickname: The Golden State Other U.S. States Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger Official languages English Area 410,000 km² (3rd)  - Land 404,298 km²  - Water 20,047 km² (4. ...

1967

• June 12 - In Loving v. Virginia, the Supreme Court rules that prohibiting interracial marriage is unconstitutional.

June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... Holding Virginias prohibition of interracial marriage violated the Equal Protection and Due Process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. ...

1968

• April 4 - Dr. Martin Luther King shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee.
• April 11 - Civil Rights Act of 1968 signed. The Fair Housing Act is Title VIII of this Civil Rights Act.

April 4 is the 94th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (95th in leap years). ... Martin Luther King Jr. ... City nickname: The River City or The Bluff City Location in the state of Tennessee County Shelby County, Tennessee Area  - Total  - Water 763. ... April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... President Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act of 1968 On April 11, 1968, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (also known as CRA 68), which was meant as a follow-up to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. ... In the United States, the phrase fair housing dates back to the 1960s. ...

1971

• unknown - The Supreme Court, in Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, upholds busing students to achieve integration.

The supreme court in some countries, provinces, and states, is the highest court in that jurisdiction and functions as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be appealed. ... Swann v. ... Forced busing is a term used by critics of a remedy prescribed by Massachusetts state Supreme Court Judge Arthur Garrity for perceived racial inequities in Boston public schools in a 1973 ruling. ...

1978

• unknown - Regents of the University of California v. Bakke.

Time Regents of the University of California v. ...

1988

• unknown - Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1988.

The Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1988 specified that recipients of federal funds must comply with civil rights laws in all areas, not just in a particular program or activity that receives federal funding (overturning the Supreme Courts 1984 decision in Grove City v. ...

1991

• March 3 - four white police officers videotaped beating African American Rodney King.
• unknown - Civil Rights Act of 1991

March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... Rodney King Rodney Glen King (born April 2, 1965 in Sacramento, California) was an African-American motorist who, while videotaped by a bystander (George Holliday), was struck repeatedly by Los Angeles police officers (LAPD) during a police stop on March 3, 1991. ... The Civil Rights Act of 1991 is a United States statute that was passed in response to a series of United States Supreme Court decisions limiting the rights of employees who had sued their employers for discrimination. ...

1992

• April 29 - 1992 Los Angeles riots erupt.

April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). ... Truck driver Reginald Denny lies beaten in an intersection as his assailant celebrates The 1992 Los Angeles riots, also known as the LA riots or the Rodney King uprising, were sparked on April 29, 1992 when a mostly white jury acquitted four police officers accused in the beating of black...

1995

• October 16 - Million Man March in Washington, D.C.

October 16 is the 289th day of the year (290th in Leap years). ... The Million Man March was an African American march of protest and unity convened by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan in Washington, DC on October 16, 1995. ... State nickname: The Evergreen State Other U.S. States Capital Olympia Largest city Seattle Governor Christine Gregoire Official languages None Area 184,824 km² (18th)  - Land 172,587 km²  - Water 12,237 km² (6. ... DC or dc may stand for: Da capo Democrazia Cristiana developed country (in the CIA World Factbook) direct current Doctor of Chiropractic Places District of Columbia Distrito Capital (Bogotá, D.C.) Companies DC Comics, a comic book publisher DC Shoes, a skateboarding apparel manafacturer Douglas Aircraft Company Software, Video Game...

2003

• June 23 - Supreme Court in Grutter v. Bollinger upholds the University of Michigan Law School's admission policy. However, in the simultaneously-heard Gratz v. Bollinger the University was required to change a policy.

June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... The supreme court in some countries, provinces, and states, is the highest court in that jurisdiction and functions as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be appealed. ... Grutter v. ... University of Michigan, Ann Arbor The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor is a public coeducational university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan. ... Gratz v. ...

See also

• American Civil Rights Movement (1896-1954)
• American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968)
• Equal Protection Clause
• Uncle Tom

The civil rights movement in the United States has been a long, primarily nonviolent struggle to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all Americans. ... The civil rights movement in the United States has been a long, primarily nonviolent struggle to bring full civil rights and equality under the law to all citizens of United States. ... The Equal Protection Clause is a part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, providing that no state shall. ... Uncle Tom is a pejorative term for a black person who is obsequiously servile to white authority; eager to win the approval of white people; or, who rubber stamps white supremacist notions about the inherent superority of whites and its corollary, the inherent inferiority of blacks. ...

External links

Civil Rights Timeline 1619-2000
Civil Rights Timeline, sections on Martin Luther King, Sr.

Further reading