Civil Rights Movement

  • 14th Amendment

    The 14th amendment made EVERYONE citizens, not just white people
  • 15th amendment

    Every citizen had the right to vote and that couldn't be denied
  • The 1st Women’s Suffrage Amendment was introduced in Congress, but was defeated

    In 1878 the first federal women's suffrage amendment was introduced but was soundly defeated later in the first full Senate vote in 1887. A clear date was not stated for this
  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    This case upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. Began by an African American train passenger Homer Plessy refused to sit in the car for black people
  • NAACP is founded

    The NAACP's job is to ensure the political, educational, equality of minority group citizens of States and eliminate race prejudice.
  • 19th Amendment

    This amendment gave women the right to vote, the date for this one isn't clear either.
  • Shelly v. Kramer

    Supreme Court case that struck down racially restrictive housing covenants.
  • Brown v. Board of Education

    racial segregation in public schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.
  • Green v. County School Board of New Kent County

    was an important United States Supreme Court case involving school desegregation
  • Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat

    she was jailed for refusing to give up her seat on a public bus to a white man
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin
  • Congress passes the 1st Civil Rights Act

    This act said you cannot discriminate just because of the person's race, color, religion, and etc.
  • NOW (National Organization of Women) formed

    The National Organization for Women is an American feminist organization
  • Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

    was a landmark United States Supreme Court case dealing with the busing of students to promote integration in public schools
  • Proposition 209 – California

    California ballot proposition which, upon approval in November 1996, amended the state constitution to prohibit state governmental institutions from considering race, sex, or ethnicity, specifically in the areas of public employment, public contracting, and public education