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This is a timeline outlining the progression of Civil Rights in The United States. It will outline several key events of a few different CIvil Rights movements.
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Dred Scott, a slave living in Wisconsin (a free territory), sued his owner, believing that he should be freed since he was living in a free territory. The court ruled that slaves were not citizens of the United States hence they were not entitled to protection within the court, nor did they even have the ability to sue within the court system.
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The 13th Amendment was passed in 1865 after the Union victory over the Confederate States of America. The 13th Amendment officially outlawed slavery in The United States.
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The 14th amendment grants all people born under the jurisdiction of the united states citizenship. This included former slaves.
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The 15th Amendment protected all citizens' right to vote, and forbid voter discrimination based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
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It created the "Separate But Equal" doctrine. This doctrine protected segregation as long as the segregated facilities were of equal quality.
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The 19th Amendment gave women the right to vote.
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The court ruled it was unconstitutional to bar any voters from participating in local and federal elections
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The Supreme court ruled that segregation in schools was unconstitutional.
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Poll taxes were set in place to prevent Black Americans from voting because the theory was that they wouldn't be able to afford to vote.
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It was made unconstitutional to force a "poll tax" in order to vote for federal officials.
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It made discrimination within the public sector illegal, and it was made illegal for any employers to discriminate based on race.
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Affirmative Action is a method that organizations use to include people from marginalized groups and raise them to positions that they wouldn't have been in otherwise.
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The Voting Rights Act outlawed voter discrimination, in any form.
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The court ruled that there should be no prioritization of sex when making settlements in court.
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The Equal Rights Amendment seeks to end the difference in legal treatment between the sexes.
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The Supreme court ruled it was unconstitutional for universities to make "diversity quotas".
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The Supreme Court upheld a Georgia State law making sodomy a crime. This case was officially overturned in 2003.
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The ADA protected people with disabilities from discrimination when it comes to employment, transportation, and public accommodations.
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It was declared unconstitutional by the Supreme Court for states to make laws prohibiting homosexual activity between consenting adults.
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The Supreme Court declared it unconstitutional for states to forbid marriages between same-sex couples.
