CIVIL RIGHTS
ABRAHAM LINCOLN (1809- 1865)
ROSA LOUISE PARKS (1913-2005)
KATHERINE JOHNSON (1918-2020)
MARTIN LUTHER KING (1929-1968)
NOVEMBRE 6 1861 HE BECAME THE 16^ US PRESIDENT
1862-1865 AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
JULY 1862 CONFEDERATION ACT: IT FREED SLAVES (SCHIAVI) BELONGING TO PEOPLE CONDEMNED FOR HELPING THE REBELS
SEPTEMBER 22 1862
EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
IT FREED THE SLAVES OF TEN STASES QITCH WEREN'T UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE UNION
APRIL 17 1865 HE WAS KILLED IN WASHINGTON BY JOHN WIKES BOOTH
HE WAS A BAPTIST MINISTER AND ACTIVIST
LEADER OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT FROM 1955 TO 1968
HE ADVANCED CIVIL RIGHTS FOR PEOPLE OF COLOUR WITH NON VIOLENCE AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
AUGUST 28 1963
MARCH ON WASHINGTON TO SHOW THE BAD CONDITIONS OF BLACK PEOPLE
OCTOBER 14 1964 HE WON THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
APRIL 4 1968 HE WAS KILLED IN MEMPHIS
FIRST LADY OF CIVIL RIGHTS
DECEMBER 1 1955 SHE WAS ARRESTED FOR CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE BECAUSE SHE REJECTED THE BUS DRIVER ORDER TO VACATE A ROW OF FOUR SEATS
SHE WORKED FOR NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People)
SHE WAS A AMERICAN MATHEMATIC THAT WORKED FOR NASA
JUNE 1953
SHE STARTED WORKING FOR THE NACA IN HAMPTON
SHE WORKED FOR THE APOLLO 11 FLIGHT TO THE MOON
RACIAL SEGREGATION
SEPARATION OF PEOPLE INTO RACIAL OR OTHER ETHNIC