Civil Rights By forrestmusgrove Dec 6, 1865 13th Amendment Adopted Jul 9, 1868 14th Amendment Adopted Period: Jan 1, 1876 to Jan 1, 1965 Jim Crow Laws Apr 13, 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Argued Argued April 13, 1896 Decided May 18, 1896 Feb 12, 1909 Formation of the NAACP Dec 9, 1952 Brown v. Board of Education Argued Argued December 9, 1952 Reargued December 8, 1953 Decided May 17, 1954 Aug 28, 1955 Emmett Till Murdered Dec 1, 1955 Rosa Parks Refused to Move Period: Dec 1, 1955 to Dec 20, 1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott Sep 9, 1957 Civil Rights Act of 1957 Period: Apr 3, 1963 to May 10, 1963 Birmingham Campaign Aug 28, 1963 March on Washington Jan 23, 1964 24th Amendment Ratified Jun 1, 1964 Freedom Summer Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Enacted Feb 21, 1965 Malcolm X Assassinated Mar 7, 1965 Bloody Sunday Aug 6, 1965 Voting Rights Act Effective Period: Aug 11, 1965 to Aug 17, 1965 Watts Riots Jul 28, 1967 Kerner Commission Appointed Apr 4, 1968 Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
