Civil Rights Pictorial Timeline

  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment
    Abolished Slavery [African Americans]
  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment
    Provided equal protection from both the state and the US [Everyone]
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment
    Removed roadblocks preventing African Americans from voting [African Americans]
  • Tuskegee Institute Created

    Tuskegee Institute Created
    Founded by Booker T. Washington [African Americans]
  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson
    Segregation is legal [African Americans]
  • NAACP created

    NAACP created
    Founded by W.E.B. to fight for Civil Rights [African Americans]
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment
    Women can vote [Women]
  • Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed

    Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed
    Discrimination of gender is illegal [Women]
  • Executive Order 9981

    Executive Order 9981
    Desegregated the Military [Everyone]
  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education
    Plessy v. Ferguson Overturned [African Americans]
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott
    People refused to ride the bus [African Americans]
  • January Southern Christian Leadership Conference

    January Southern Christian Leadership Conference
    Non-violent protests [African Americans]
  • Little Rock 9

    Little Rock 9
    National guard escorts students to school [African Americans]
  • Civil Rights Act of 1957

    Civil Rights Act of 1957
    Protection of Voting Rights [Everyone]
  • February Greensboro, NC Sit-ins

    February Greensboro, NC Sit-ins
    Peaceful sit-ins [African Americans]
  • April Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee

    April Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
    Nonviolent protest group [African Americans]
  • Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)

    Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)
    Street art protesting for Mexican Americans [Chicano]
  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders
    Civil rights activists [African Americans]
  • Cesar Chavez

    Cesar Chavez
    Latino American Farmer civil rights activists [Chicanos]
  • April Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”

    April Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
    Called for an end to racism [Everyone]