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Civil Rights Timeline

  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment

    Abolished Slavery
  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment

    Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law. The 14th amendment has become one of the most used amendments in court to date regarding the equal protection clause.
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment

    Cannot Deny a vote based on color.
  • Tuskegee Institute created

    Tuskegee Institute created

    Primarily African American College founded by Booker T. Washington
  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson

    Courts ruled in favor of segregation.
  • NAACP created

    NAACP created

    Civil Right organization for African Americans.
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    Vote shall not be denied due to sex.
  • Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed

    Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed

    Give equal rights regardless of sex
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    Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)

    Use of murals as a form of nonviolent protest.
  • Executive Order 9981

    Executive Order 9981

    Harry T. Truman gives the order to abolish descrimination
  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education

    Courts ruled that segregation in schools is unconstitutional.
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Boycott of bus company due to discrimination of African Americans
  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed

    Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed

    African American Civil Rights organization closely related to MLK Jr
  • Little Rock 9

    Little Rock 9

    Group of 9 African American students enrolled in an all white school.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1957

    Civil Rights Act of 1957

    Banned segregation.
  • Greensboro, NC  Sit-ins

    Greensboro, NC Sit-ins

    Non violent protests by African Americans
  • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed

    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed

    Group who directed protests to be non violent
  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders

    Activists who broke segregation laws.
  • Cesar Chavez

    Cesar Chavez

    Civil Rights activist for Latino community
  • Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”

    Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”

    Open Letter to SCLC and clergymen about segregation.