1870 |
- 15th
Amendment to the Constitution grants voting rights to African American males.
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| 1905 |
- The Niagara Movement is born.
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| 1920 |
- 19th
Amendment grants women the right to vote.
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| 1957 |
- President
Dwight Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1957, primarily to protect voting rights
by establishing a Civil Rights Division within the Justice Department and a U. S. Civil
Rights Commission to investigate cases of denial of civil rights.
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| 1960 |
- President
Eisenhower signs the Civil Rights Act of 1960.
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- Federal
court ends restrictions against voting by Blacks in Fayette County, Tennessee.
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| 1962 |
- Fannie Lou
Hamer becomes a leading advocate for voting rights as a voter registration field worker.
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| 1963 |
- After 3rd
attempt to register to vote, Fannie Lou Hamer passes required literacy test in
Mississippi.
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| 1964 |
- Poll taxes
are outlawed in federal elections after passing of 24th Amendment to the
Constitution.
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- Civil
Rights workers, James E. Chaney, Michael Schwerner and Andrew Goodman are murdered while
helping with voter registration in Mississippi.
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