Civil Rights Timeline

  • Jackie Robinson incorporated into the MLB

    The first African American in the major leagues to play against the Brooklyn Dodgers.
  • Sweatt VS Painter

    Challenged "separate but equal" doctrine. Herman Sweatt was denied entrance to the University of Texas School of Law because prohibited integrated education.
  • Brown VS Board of Education

    Public education and segregation of children in public schools deprived equal educational opportunities for children to learn.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1960

    Guaranteed the right to register to vote for colored people and the right to sue any state official who tried to prevent them from voting.
  • Equal Pay Act of 1963

    All employers are required to pay their employees equally regardless of them being male or female
  • 24th Amendment

    Eliminated poll taxes in the U.S.A
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Prohibited discrimination in public accommodations and advanced rights for protecting civil and voting rights
  • Harper VS Virginia Board of Elections

    Found Virginia's poll tax unconstitutional under the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment
  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    Provide equal housing opportunities regardless of race, religion, or national origin