Civil Rights Pictorial Timeline

  • 13th Amendment (African American)

    13th Amendment (African American)

    Abolishes slavery
  • 14th Amendment (all)

    14th Amendment (all)

    Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law
  • 15th Amendment (African American)

    15th Amendment (African American)

    Right to vote should not be denied on account of race or color (African American males right to vote)
  • Tuskegee Institute created (African American)

    Tuskegee Institute created (African American)

    Founded by Booker T. Washington, "established a normal school for colored teachers". Provided students with academic and vocational training.
  • Plessy v. Ferguson (African American)

    Plessy v. Ferguson (African American)

    Establishes "separate but equal"
  • NAACP created (African American)

    NAACP created (African American)

    Key funder: W.E.B Du Bios. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Civil Rights organization to help fight for African American rights.
  • 19th Amendment (Women)

    19th Amendment (Women)

    Right to vote should not be denied on the account of sex (Women get the right to vote)
  • Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed (Women)

    Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed (Women)

    Proposed by the National Women's political party, it was to provide for the legal equality of the sexes and prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex. Defeated in 1972
  • Executive Order 9981 (all)

    Executive Order 9981 (all)

    President Truman abolished discrimination "on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin" in the military (integrated units)
  • Brown v. Board of Education (African American)

    Brown v. Board of Education (African American)

    Integrated public schools. Overturns Plessy v. Ferguson.
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott (African American)

    Montgomery Bus Boycott (African American)

    Civil Rights protest in which African Americans refused to ride city buses protesting segregated seating. Key person: Rosa Parks
  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed (African American)

    Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed (African American)

    Advance civil rights in non-violent manner. Key member: MLK
  • Little Rock 9 (African American)

    Little Rock 9 (African American)

    Governor Orval Faubus prevented 9 African American students from entering the high school. President Eisenhower uses National Guard to protect students entry into the school.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1957 (all)

    Civil Rights Act of 1957 (all)

    President Eisenhower established the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote
  • Chicano Movement (Mural Movement) (Chicano)

    Chicano Movement (Mural Movement) (Chicano)

    Mexican-American civil rights movement. Artists began using the walls of city buildings, housing projects, schools, and churches to depict Mexican-American culture.
  • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed (all)

    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed (all)

    Student political organization civil rights movement group. Used nonviolent tactics.
  • Greensboro, NC Sit-ins (African Americans)

    Greensboro, NC Sit-ins (African Americans)

    Four African American students sat at a whites only lunch counter and refused to leave after being denied service, Protesting racial segregation.
  • Freedom Riders (African American)

    Freedom Riders (African American)

    Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern U.S. Challenged and protested local laws that ignored integration.
  • Cesar Chavez (Chicano)

    Cesar Chavez (Chicano)

    in 1962 co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (later called the United Farm Workers Union). Was a Latino American civil rights activists.
  • Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” (African American)

    Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” (African American)

    He defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism.