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Civil Rights Timeline

  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment

    Was passed to free the slaves
    (African American)
  • 14th amendment

    14th amendment

    Everyone was giving human rights in America (Minorities)
  • Tuskegee Institute created

    Tuskegee Institute created

    Allowed colored students and teacher to study in a safe location
    (African Americans)
  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson

    Was the cause of "Separate but Equal"
    (Minorities)
  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment

    Women were given the right to vote
    (Women)
  • Executive Order 9981

    Executive Order 9981

    Discrimination in the military was abolished
    (Minorities)
  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education

    Allowed minorities to got to regular schools
    (Minorities)
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    African Americans protest sitting at the back of the bus
    (African Americans)
  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed

    Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed

    Non-violent protesting group
    (African Americans)
  • Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)

    Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)

    Civil rights movement for Mexican-Americans
    (Chicanos)
  • Greensboro, NC  Sit-ins

    Greensboro, NC Sit-ins

    Four Blacks sat in the whites only counter
    (African American)
  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders

    Civil rights activists who rode buses in southern states
    (African Amendment)
  • Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail"

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

    He defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism.
    (African American)
  • March on Washington

    March on Washington

    It was a march to the capital to make a call to end racism
    (African American)
  • 24th Amendment

    24th Amendment

    Removes the tax on voting
    (Everyone)
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Prohibited discrimination on race,color,religion,sex,or origin
    (Everyone)
  • March from Selma, Alabama

    March from Selma, Alabama

    A Non-violent march to Montgomery, Alabama for voting rights
    (African Americans)
  • Black Panthers founded

    Black Panthers founded

    Group of Black students that fought the police in self-defence
    (African Americans)
  • MLK assassinated

    MLK assassinated

    He was killed outside his hotel room
    (African Americans)
  • Sandra Day O’Connor appointed to the Supreme Court

    Sandra Day O’Connor appointed to the Supreme Court

    She was the first woman of mexican descent to serve in court
    (Chicanos,Women)