Home     Relive The Movement     Interact     Virtual Museum     About     Help -Relive The  Movement -The Declaration of  Independence -NAACP Formed -Slavery in the  U.S. -Lincoln Issues the  Emancipation  Proclamation -The Civil War  (1861-1865) -Civil War States  and Territories -Post-Civil War -Lincoln  Assassinated -13th Amendment  Ratified -Hate Groups Form -14th Amendment  Ratified -15th Amendment  Ratified -African Americans  Gain Respect  Through Music -Randolph Forms  the Brotherhood  of  Sleeping Car  Porters -Jesse Owens -The Congress of  Racial Equality  (CORE) -Jackie Robinson  Breaks the Color  Barrier -Truman Takes  Action -Brown v. Board of  Education of  Topeka, 1954 -Emmett Till is  Killed -About Rosa Parks -Rosa Parks -The Montgomery  Bus Boycott -Central High  School -Racial  Segregation and  Lunch Counter  Sit-Ins -Southern  Christian  Leadership  Conference  (SCLC) -Martin Luther  King, Jr. -The Albany  (Georgia)  Movement -James Meredith  Attends the  University of  Mississippi -Mohandas  Karamchand  Gandhi -Student  Nonviolent  Coordinating  Committee  (SNCC) -Segregated  Interstate Bus  Terminals  Declared  Unconstitutional -"I Have a Dream" -Birmingham  Church Bombed -Birmingham,  Alabama -Sidney Poitier  Wins Oscar -King Awarded  Nobel Peace Prize -Malcolm X -The Civil Rights  Act of 1964 -Despite the  Progress, Many  Turn to Violence -The Voting Rights  Act of 1965 -March on Selma,  Alabama -Thurgood  Marshall, First  African-American  Supreme Court  Justice -1968 Olympics -Robert F.  Kennedy -Jesse Jackson  Runs for President -Post-Movement 14th Amendment Ratified The 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified on July 9, 1868. It granted citizenship to blacks, and it was passed to protect African Americans from unfair treatment from the South's legislatures. Search the Site

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