Civil Rights Pictorial Timeline

  • 15th amendment

    15th amendment

    Everyone shall have the right to vote, no matter based on race, ethnicity, previous condition of servitude.
  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment

    Women shall have the right to vote no matter on race, sex, or job title.
  • 13th amendment

    13th amendment

    The abolishment of slavery, and involuntary of servitude, except as punishment or crime. Slavery shall not exist in the United States.
  • 14th amendment

    14th amendment

    Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law. The 14th amendment has become one of the most used amendments in court to date regarding the equal protection clause.
  • Tuskegee Institute created

    Tuskegee Institute created

    Was an academic institution for African Americans during the 19th century.
  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson

    The supreme court decision constitutionally of racial segregation. Under the “separate but equal.”
  • NAACP created

    NAACP created

    Is a civil organization in the United States to advance justice for African Americans.
  • Executive Order 9981

    Executive Order 9981

    Those in the military shall receive the same opportunity as everyone skin color, sex, origin, and religion cannot affect opportunity.
  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education

    The Supreme court would say separating children in the school system because of color was unconstitutional. Even if the seperated schools have equal quality.
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    African American men, and women would refuse to give up their seat for a White men on a bus in Alabama.
  • Little Rock 9

    Little Rock 9

    The National Guard was ordered to prevent African American students from enrolling at central high school.
  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed

    Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed

    It is a African American civil rights organization closely associated with Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1957

    Civil Rights Act of 1957

    This act was set for Congress to look into Civil Rights violations cases, and authorized the prosecution for those who violated the right to vote for United State citizens.
  • Greensboro, NC  Sit-ins

    Greensboro, NC Sit-ins

    Was a series of nonviolent protests of African American’s sitting in Only White diners, and local establishments.
  • Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)

    Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)

    It was Mexican-American art that would be put on local establishments, Schools, and public venues.
  • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed

    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed

    It coordinated youth-led nonviolent, direct-action protests against segregation.
  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders

    Were 400 volunteers who would ride public scheduled busses for 7 months through the South to test a 1960 Supreme court decision.
  • Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”

    Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”

    The letter served as a tangible, reproducible account of the long road to freedom in a movement that was largely centered around actions and spoken words.
  • Cesar Chavez

    Cesar Chavez

    He labored on farms for low wages and under severe conditions. Chavez and his United Farm Workers union battled California grape growers by holding nonviolent protests
  • Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed

    Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed

    First proposed by the national women’s political party in 1923, this amendment provided legal equality of sexes, and prohibits discrimination.