Civil Rights Timeline

  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment

    The 13th amendment abolished slavery within the United States
  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment

    Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law.
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment

    No US citizens shall be denied voting rights.
  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson

    It established a legal form of segregation
  • NAACP created

    NAACP created

    The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights organization in the United States
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    Women gain the right to vote
  • Executive Order 9981

    Executive Order 9981

    Abolished discrimination in the US Armed Forces
  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education

    Racial discrimination in public schools is unconstitutional
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Boycott on the Public transit system
  • Little rock nine

    Little rock nine

    9 African American Students enrolled at a white high school
  • Civil Rights Act of 1957

    Civil Rights Act of 1957

    This was the First bill of Civil Rights passed
  • Greensboro, NC  Sit-ins

    Greensboro, NC Sit-ins

    African Americans protested the segregated lunch system
  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders

    Civil Rights activist who rode on segregated busses into the southern United States
  • 24th Amendment

    24th Amendment

    Prohibits the government from forcing payment off poll tax
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Law that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, and sex,
  • Black Panthers

    Black Panthers

    Was a Black Power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in October 1966 in Oakland California
  • MLK assassinated

    MLK assassinated

    MLK was shot at a Motel
  • American Indian Movement

    American Indian Movement

    Protested against police brutality against Native Americans in minneapolis
  • Sandra Day O’Connor appointed to the Supreme Court

    Sandra Day O’Connor appointed to the Supreme Court

    Sandra Day O’Connor was nominated by Ronald Reagan to the Supreme Court
  • Sonia Sotomayor appointed to the Supreme Court

    Sonia Sotomayor appointed to the Supreme Court

    She was nominated by President Barack Obama on May 26, 2009 to the Supreme Court

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