African-American Equality By LtLightning May 9, 1865 Civil War ends Jan 1, 1877 Jim Crow laws start May 18, 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Jan 15, 1929 Martin Luther King, jr. is born Jan 1, 1949 Indiana takes back school segregation Jan 1, 1950 Jim Crow laws end May 17, 1954 Brown v. Board of Education Aug 28, 1963 I Have a Dream speech