Think about the following:
· 1789 – The U. S Constitution declares that Black Americans were only three-fifths of a human being.
· 1857 – Dred Scott decision was handed down by the Supreme Court
· 1896 – The separate but equal doctrine of Plessy v. Ferguson was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court.
· 1954- The Supreme Court supports the idea of educational equality in Brown v. Board of Education.
· 1964 – President Lyndon Johnson signs into law the Civil Rights Bill that was approved by congress.
· 1965 – President Lyndon Johnson signs the Voting Rights Act on August 6th.
· 1989 – Douglas Wilder of Virginia becomes the first African-American elected governor of a state in modern times.
