Civil Rights Timeline

  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment
    abolished slavery in the united states
  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment
    Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law. The 14th amendment has become one of the most used amendments in court to date regarding the equal protection clause.
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment
    the right citizens of the united states to vote shall not be denied by their race, color, or any previous conditions
  • Tuskegee Institute created

    Tuskegee Institute created
    the purpose of the Tuskegee Institute to to train teachers in Alabama
  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson
    Plessy v. Ferguson was significant because it essentially established constitutionality of racial segregation
  • NAACP created

    NAACP created
    the work to abolish racial segregation and discrimination houseing enployment, voting, etc
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment
    the 19th amendment gave women the right to vote
  • Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed

    Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed
    Their plan was to eliminate or try to disregard any federal laws that discriminate against women.
  • Executive Order 9981

    Executive Order 9981
    this executive order abolished discrimination on the basis of race, color, and religion
  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education
    Brown walked several miles past a whites only school. Overturned plessy v. ferguson, Integrated schools
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott
    helped eliminate the racial barriers on transport buses
  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed

    Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed
    60 black civil rights activist protest against racial segregation and help support the Montgomery bus boycott
  • Little Rock 9

    Little Rock 9
    9 black teens walked into an all white school in Little Rock Arkansas. they fought for equal opportunity in American education
  • Civil Rights Act of 1957

    Civil Rights Act of 1957
    the act gave federal law enforcers the power to prevent racial descrimination in employment, voting, and public facilities
  • Greensboro, NC Sit-ins

    Greensboro, NC  Sit-ins
    young African American students walk in and sit at an “all whites” bar.
  • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed

    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed
    coordinated youth led, non violent protest against racial segregation against the American schooling board
  • Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)

    Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)
    the creation of bilingual programs, improve working conditions for migrant workers, and more Mexican-American serving as elected officials
  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders
    Call for nation attention the disregard for the federal law and the local violence used by law enforcement
  • Cesar Chavez

    Cesar Chavez
    improve the conditions working conditions for thousands of labor workers for low wages under severe conditions
  • Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”

    Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
    The letter was meant to have a peaceful protest against racism
  • March on Washington: “I have a dream” speech

    March on Washington: “I have a dream” speech
    Mlk wanted to create jobs and freedom for African Americans
  • 24th Amendment

    24th Amendment
    it ended mandatory tax poll that prevent many African Americans