Civil Rights Era By aidangerr 1857 Scott v. Sanford Period: 1865 to 1877 Reconstruction Era/ Reconstruction Amendments 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson 1920 19th Amendment Period: 1931 to 1937 Scottsboro Boys 1944 George Stinney Case 1954 Brown v. Board 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965 1968 Civil Rights Act of 1968 1978 California v. Bakke 2003 Gratz v. Bollinger 2007 Meredith v. Jefferson Co. Board 2013 Shelby County v. Holder