Civil Rights Timeline

  • Founding of the NAACP

    Founding of the NAACP

    The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was formed to help eliminate racism and create equality for all colored people in the US.
  • Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka

    Brown vs. The Board of Education of Topeka

    Separate educational facilities based on color were considared unconstitutional.
  • Rosa Parks

    Rosa Parks

    She refused the bus drivers direction to move to the back of the bus in order to let a white person have her seat.
  • March on Washington

    March on Washington

    Was a peaceful march designed to promote equality in the area of civil and economic rights for colored persons in the US.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Legally ended racial discrimination in the United States.
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Eliminated discriminatory voting practices across the US.