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Civil Rights Movement Timeline

  • The 14th Amendment

    The 14th Amendment

    The 14th Amendment gave all races the right to vote.
  • The 15th Amendment

    The 15th Amendment

    This gave all citizens the right to vote, and it shall not be denied or abridged by the United States.
  • The 1st Women’s Suffrage Amendment was introduced in Congress, but was defeated.

    The 1st Women’s Suffrage Amendment was introduced in Congress, but was defeated.

    This gave citizens in particular the right to vote in national or local elections.
  • Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Plessy vs. Ferguson

    This was the decision of the U.S. supreme court, which upheld racial segregation under the "separate but equal" doctrine.
  • NAACP is founded

    NAACP is founded

    The NAACP is a civil rights organization founded by a small group with blacks and whites.
  • The 19th Amendment

    The 19th Amendment

    This gave citizens the right to vote, and it also says that they shall not be denied that right by the United States.
  • Shelly vs. Kramer

    Shelly vs. Kramer

    This is when the Supreme Court stopped all racially housing covenants.
  • Brown vs. Board of Education

    Brown vs. Board of Education

    This is when it was finally ruled that, racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.
  • Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat.

    Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat.

    Rosa Parks, a black woman refused to give up her seat to a white man simply because she wanted to surrender her seat because of her race.
  • Congress Passes the 1st Civil Rights Act

    Congress Passes the 1st Civil Rights Act

    This civil rights act, gave access to federal prosecution to anyone who tried to prevent them from voting
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964

    This civil rights act, ended discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, or national origin.
  • NOW (National Organization of Women) formed

    NOW (National Organization of Women) formed

    This was a group of women, dedicated to actively challenging sex discrimination in all areas of American society
  • Green v. County School Board of New Kent County

    Green v. County School Board of New Kent County

    This was a "freedom of choice" which showed that Virginia school boards desegregation plan was unacceptable.
  • Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

    Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

    This was a decision that, programs that had planned to speed up the racial integration of public schools in the United States.
  • Proposition 209 – California

    Proposition 209 – California

    This was a amendment that was placed on the ballot by citizens'.