Civil Rights Timeline

By isabellanwin

  • 3/5 Compromise

    The Three-Fifths Compromise the compromise for states to count slaves as part of the population in order to determine representation and taxation for the federal government.

  • Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolution signed

    America's most important documents regarding women's rights. It was signed in 1848.

  • Scott v. Sandford

    The Supreme Court ruled that African American that were free or slaves does not count as American citizens and cannot sue in federal court. The Court also ruled that Congress lacked the power to ban slavery in US territories.

  • 13th Amendment

    The amendment of the Constitution making slavery illegal in the United States in 1865.

  • 14th Amendment

    The amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States which also includes former slaves. It also guaranteed citizens equal protection of the laws.

  • 15th Amendment

    The amendment granted African American men the right to vote by declaring that citizens of the US shall not be denied the right to vote by race, color previous condition of servitude.

  • Plessy v Ferguson

    Plessy v Ferguson allowed segregation to become a law in the United States and later allowed the Jim Crows to happen.

  • Founding of NAACP

    A diverse group of people, whites, blacks and Jews founded the NAACP and many were also part of the Niagra Movement. The goal of the group was to fight for civil rights in the U.S and many claim that the 1908 Race Riot in Springfield, Illinois sparked its formation.

  • 19th Amendment

    A very important amendment to the constitution which gave women the right to vote in 1920.

  • ERA introduced in Congress

    The amendment was introduced in Congress for the first time in 1921 and has prompted conversations about the meaning of legal equality for women and men.

  • Smith v Allwright

    The Court reasoned that the rule restricting primary voters to whites denied Smith equal protection under the law in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.

  • Truman orders the desegregation of armed forces

    Also known as Executive Order 9981. Its significance was that Truman abolished segregation in the US military since African Americans had been significant since the American Revolution.

  • Hernandez v Texas

  • Brown v Board of Education

  • Little Rock Nine

  • 24th Amendment

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

  • National Organization of Women organized

  • Jones v. Mayer

  • Founding of MALDEF

    Their commitment is to protect and defend the rights of all Latinos living in the United States and the constitutional rights of all Americans.

  • Stonewell Riots

    A series of spontaneous, violent demonstrations by members of the gay (LGBT) community against a police raid.

  • Reed v Reed

    Question: Did the Idaho Probate Code violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?
    In a unanimous decision, the Court held that the law's dissimilar treatment of men and women was unconstitutional.

  • ERA passed in Congress

  • Cesar Chavez publicizes the plight of migrant workers

  • Congress opens all military service academies to women

  • Craig v Boren

  • Dothard v Rawlinson

  • Title IX

  • Plyer v Doe

  • Civil Rights in Women's Equity in Employment Act

  • "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"

  • Defense of Marriage Act

  • Multi member electoral districts in Texas outlawed

  • Massachusetts legalizes same sex marriage

  • United States v WIndsor

  • Obergfell v Hodges

  • Masterpiece Cakeshop v Colorado