Civil Rights Pictorial Timeline - Zarian Lovelle

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  • The 13th Amendment (African Americans)

    The 13th Amendment (African Americans)

    This amendment abolished slavery.
  • 14th Amendment (All)

    14th Amendment (All)

    Gave citizenship rights, due process of law, and equal protection of the law to all United States Citizens.
  • The 15th Amendment (African Americans)

    The 15th Amendment (African Americans)

    Gave African American Men the right to vote.
  • Plessy V Ferguson (African Americans)

    Plessy V Ferguson (African Americans)

    Court case that establishes "separate but equal," which rules that segregation is allowed.
  • Creation of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

    Creation of the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People)

    Founded by W.E.B. DuBois. Civil Rights organization made to assist in the fight for African American rights.
  • The 19th Amendment (Women)

    The 19th Amendment (Women)

    Gave women the right to vote.
  • Executive Order 9981 (All)

    Executive Order 9981 (All)

    President Truman ended discrimination based on race, sex, etc. in the military.
  • Brown v Board of Education (African Americans)

    Brown v Board of Education (African Americans)

    Ended segregation in schools. Overturned Plessy v Ferguson.
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott (African Americans)

    Montgomery Bus Boycott (African Americans)

    After the jailing of Rosa Parks, African Americans boycotted Montgomery Busses.
  • Little Rock 9 (African Americans)

    Little Rock 9 (African Americans)

    President Eisenhower sends the National Guard to send African American students into a school they were accepted into.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1957 (All)

    Civil Rights Act of 1957 (All)

    President Eisenhower established the Civil Rights section of the Justice Department, empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote.
  • Greensboro Sit-Ins (African Americans)

    Greensboro Sit-Ins (African Americans)

    African Americans sat in white only restaurants and refused to leave as a form of protest.
  • Chicano/Mural Movement (Chicanos)

    Chicano/Mural Movement (Chicanos)

    Civil Rights movement where Mexican Americans would use public areas to paint murals of their culture.
  • Freedom Riders (All)

    Freedom Riders (All)

    Civil Rights Activists who rode interstate buses to challenge and protest laws that ignore integration.
  • "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" (All)

    "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" (All)

    Martin Luther Kind defends non-violent protests to racism in this letter.
  • "I Have A Dream" (All)

    "I Have A Dream" (All)

    Inspirational speech where MLK called for civil rights and an end to racism.
  • The 24th Amendment (All)

    The 24th Amendment (All)

    Prevented the poll tax.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964 (All)

    Civil Rights Act of 1964 (All)

    President LBJ outlaws discrimination based on race, sex, religion, and origin.
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965 (All)

    Voting Rights Act of 1965 (All)

    Prohibits discriminatory voting practices mostly used in southern states.
  • MLK Assasinated (All)

    MLK Assasinated (All)

    MLK was assassinated outside of his hotel room by James Earl Ray.