Civil Rights Timeline Government

By 22aludwig_58

  • Scott v. Stanford

    Ruled that slaves could not sue in federal court and that they weren't citizens of the United States

  • Reconstruction and Reconstruction Amendments

    13th, 14th, and 15th amendments

  • Reconstruction and Reconstruction Amendment End

    13th, 14th, and 15 amendments

  • Jim Crow Era

    Segregation Laws

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Segregated facilities may be "separate but equal"

  • 19 Amendment

    The right to vote may not be denied on account of sex

  • Scottsboro Boys

    9 African-American teenage boys were accused of raping 2 white women(Ruby Bates and Victoria Price) on a train

  • Scottsboro Boys End

    9 African American boys were accused of raping 2 white women(Ruby Bates and Victoria Price) on a train

  • George Stinney Case

    An African American teenage boys was accused of murdering 2 white girls

  • Brown v. Board

    Segregated schools were declared unconstitutional

  • Jim Crow Era ends

    Segregation Laws

  • Civil Right Act of 1964

    Banned discrimination based on color, race, religion, sex, or national origin

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    A law signed to try to avoid local or federal government from denying African Americans the right to vote(15 amendment)

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    Makes discriminating against race, color, religion, or national origin illegal when choosing who to rent or sell a house to

  • California v. Bakke

    Allowed race to be one of the several factors in college admission policy

  • Gratz v. Bollinger

    The University of Michigan was "holding seats" for minority and "underrepresented groups" of people. The court ruled that this violated the Equal Protection Clause because they were discriminating against certain races by not letting them have seats held for underrepresented classes.

  • Meredith v. Jefferson Co Board(Louisville School Integration)

    Jefferson Public Schools made a rule that the student population had to be at least 15% non white, but not more that 50% non white. This rule was declared unconstitutional under the Equal Protection Clause because it had a quota(certain number) of people of a certain race being admitted.

  • Shelby County v. Holder(Elimination of Preclearance Enforcement)

    Discrimination of voters based on race is unconstitutional.