Civil Rights Timeline By 406947 Jul 12, 1787 3/5 Compromise 1848 Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolution is signed 1857 Scott V. Sandford Dec 6, 1865 13th Amendment Jul 9, 1868 14th Amendment Feb 3, 1870 15th Amendment May 18, 1896 Plessy V. Ferguson Feb 12, 1909 Founding of the NAACP Jul 18, 1920 19th Amendment 1921 ERA introduced into congress 1944 Smith V. Allwright 1948 Congress opens all military service academies to women Jul 26, 1948 Truman Orders the Desegregation of Armed Forces 1954 Hernandez V. Texas May 17, 1954 Brown V. Board of Education 1957 Little Rock Nine 1962 Cesar Chavez Publicizes the plight of migrant workers Jan 23, 1964 24th Amendment Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Aug 6, 1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965 Jun 30, 1966 National Organization of Women organized 1968 Jones V. Mayer 1968 MALDEF Jun 28, 1969 Stonewall Riots 1971 Reed V. Reed Mar 22, 1972 ERA passed by congress Jun 23, 1972 Title IX 1974 Multi-member electoral districts in Texas outlawed 1976 Craig V. Boren 1977 Dothard V. Rawlinson 1982 Plyer V. Doe Jun 7, 1991 Civil Rights and Women's Equity in Employment Act Feb 28, 1994 "Don't Ask Don't Tell" Sep 21, 1996 Defense of Marriage Act May 17, 2004 Massachusetts Legalizes same sex marriage 2013 United States V. Windsor Jun 26, 2015 Obergfell V. Hodges 2017 Masterpiece Cake Shop V. Colorado