Civil Rights Timeline By amberkramer11 1857 Dred Scott v. Sanford 1863 Emancipation Proclamation 1893 Wyoming Becomes First State to Grant Women the Right to Vote 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson (Approval of "Separate but Equal" Facilities) 1909 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Founded 1962 Bailey v. Patterson (De-Segregation in Transportation) 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 1967 Loving v. Virginia (Inter-Racial Marriage) 1971 Equal Rights Amendment Passes in Congress 1978 Pregnancy Discrimination Act Signed 2003 Lawrence v. Texas (Rights of Same-Sex Couples) 2013 Shelby County v. Holder (Voting Rights) 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges (Rights of Same-Sex Couples)