civil rights timeline

  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment

    (African Americans)
    abolished slavery
  • Tuskegee institute

    Tuskegee institute

    (African Americans)
    Created by booker t washington as a place for black students training to become teachers.
  • plessy v ferguson

    plessy v ferguson

    (African American)
    A court case where it was decided that segregation was constitutional, which brought the phrase separate but equal.
  • NAACP

    NAACP

    Stands for National association for the advancement of colored people, is a civil rights organization to help African Americans and try to stop segregation, Jim crow laws, etc. (African American)
  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment

    Ended the women's suffrage movement, women were allowed to vote
    (Women)
  • Executive Order 9981

    Executive Order 9981

    So that there would be equal treatment in the armed forces. That everyone in the military would have fair treatment no matter the background, race, etc.
    (African American)
  • civil rights act of 1957

    civil rights act of 1957

    Outlawed segregation in public places.
    (African American)
  • Greensboro, NC  Sit-ins

    Greensboro, NC Sit-ins

    There was a department store that was still racial segregation so a group of African Americans peaceful had a sit in and they wouldn’t serve them it took until July for them to serve black people.
    (African Americans)
  • Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)

    Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)

    This movement was for social and political equality for Mexican Americans, and they used murals as a way to show their point.
    (Chicanos)
  • Cesar Chavez

    Cesar Chavez

    A civil rights activist who fought farm workers and there living and working conditions in California
    (Chicanos)
  • Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”

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

    He wrote a letter after the protest in Birmingham and getting arrested. The point of the letter was to say that there needs to be a change in the way we protest and African Americans should start taking it to court for the white majority to listen, because the protest the laws are getting broken ( why he was in jail).
    (African Americans)
  • 24th Amendment

    24th Amendment

    ended poll tax
    (African Americans)
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Ended Jim crow laws and African Americans had equal access to everything and could work where they wanted.
    (African Americans)
  • March from Selma, Alabama

    March from Selma, Alabama

    was a march from Selma to Montgomery it was a political march and caused the voting rights act to be put in place
    (African Americans)
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Outlawed discriminatory voting actions. so they couldn’t stop people for voting.
    (African Americans)
  • Black Panthers

    Black Panthers

    A black revolutionary organization that started in Oakland California. They stood up and protected african Americans from mostly white people being racist. they also were very involved in the community and did a number of things to help their community.
    (African Americans)
  • 14th amendment

    14th amendment

    Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law. The 14th amendment has become one of the most used amendments in court to date regarding the equal protection clause.
    (African Americans)
  • American Indian Movement (AIM

    American Indian Movement (AIM

    was an organization that wanted to improve the living conditions of urbanized native Americans
    (Native Americans)
  • 15th amendment

    15th amendment

    You cannot be denied the right to vote based on race.
    (African Americans)
  • Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed

    Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed

    That everyone has equal rights no matter what sex you are. women now have equal rights.
    (Women)