Civil RIghts TImeline

  • Tuskegee Institute created - African Americans

    Tuskegee Institute created - African Americans

    The creation of the university was to promote economic progress for African Americans.
  • Plessy v Ferguson - African Americans

    Plessy v Ferguson - African Americans

    Important to the civil rights movement as this case acknowledged supreme court's stance on the separate but equal segregation.
  • NAACP created - African Americans

    NAACP created - African Americans

    Organization crated to serve justice for the colored people.
  • (ERA) Equal Rights Amendment proposed & defeated - Women

    (ERA) Equal Rights Amendment proposed & defeated - Women

    The ERA was significant to the civil rights movement as it influenced women's rights greatly it was first drafted and rejected to reasons due to religion and not many people supporting it.
  • Executive order 9981 - African Americans

    Executive order 9981 - African Americans

    Desegregation of the United States Armed forces.
  • Brown v Board of Education - African Americans

    Brown v Board of Education - African Americans

    Significant stepping stone in the civil rights era where the supreme court ruled racial segregation within the public education system unconstitutional.
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott - African Americans

    Montgomery Bus Boycott - African Americans

    Civil rights protest against segregation of bus seating which took place in Montgomery, Alabama.
  • Little Rock 9 - African Americans

    Little Rock 9 - African Americans

    A group of 9 African American students enrolled to a racially segregated school in 1957.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1957 - African Americans, Native American, Women

    Civil Rights Act of 1957 - African Americans, Native American, Women

    A significant stepping stone in the civil rights era the civil rights act of 1857 established a civil rights division and prosecuted anyone who violated the right for any American to vote.
  • SNCC formed - African Americans

    SNCC formed - African Americans

    Formed to give younger African Americans a voice during the civil rights movement.
  • Greensboro NC Sit-in’s - African Americans

    Greensboro NC Sit-in’s - African Americans

    A non violent protest in Greensboro, North Carolina with its purpose being to desegregate the lunch counter.
  • Freedom Riders - African Americans

    Freedom Riders - African Americans

    Civil rights activist that rode buses that were part of segregated southern united states.
  • March on Washington – “I have a Dream Speech” -  African Americans

    March on Washington – “I have a Dream Speech” - African Americans

    The I have a dream speech was a call by Martin Luther King jr. for a world without racism where everyone can prosper with civil and economic rights.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964 - African Americans, Women, Native Americans

    Civil Rights Act of 1964 - African Americans, Women, Native Americans

    The civil rights act of 1964 prohibited any type of discrimination based on race, color, and religion.
  • March from Selma Alabama - African Americans

    March from Selma Alabama - African Americans

    A march set along a 54 mile highway from Selma, Alabama was organized to show the need to vote by African Americans
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965 - African Americans

    Voting Rights Act of 1965 - African Americans

    Rights act that was fought for by the civil rights movement which prohibits racial discrimination in voting.
  • Black Panthers - African Americans

    Black Panthers - African Americans

    Political Party founded by college students to protect African American communities and their opportunities.
  • American Indian Movement founded - Native Americans

    American Indian Movement founded - Native Americans

    A grassroot movement created to address issues regarding civil rights and economic rights of native Americans.
  • Cesar Chavez (Civil Rights not birth) - Chicano

    Cesar Chavez (Civil Rights not birth) - Chicano

    A civil rights activist that fought for better conditions in the farming industry.
  • Thurgood Marshall appointed to Supreme Court - African Americans

    Thurgood Marshall appointed to Supreme Court - African Americans

    First African American just to serve the supreme court after being recognize as a civil rights lawyer and by the president himself.

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