Civil Rights Timeline

  • 13th,14th,15th Amendments

    13th,14th,15th Amendments

    13th freed slaves, 14th gave them citizenship, 15th gave them rights
  • Tuskegee Institute created

    Tuskegee Institute created

    First primarily black college
  • Plessy v Ferguson

    Plessy v Ferguson

    Made the sperate but equal law
  • NAACP created

    NAACP created

    The NAACP was founded
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    Women were no longer discriminated against
  • Mural movement

    Mural movement

    Murals were being painted with important messages
  • Executive order 9981

    Executive order 9981

    Truman desegregated the military
  • Truman’s desegregation of the military

    Truman’s desegregation of the military

    Truman desegregated the military
  • Brown v Board of education

    Brown v Board of education

    Desegregated schools
  • Montgomery Bus Boycotts

    Montgomery Bus Boycotts

    People boycotted busses in protest
  • SCLC formed

    SCLC formed

    The SLCC was founded
  • Little Rock 9

    Little Rock 9

    9 black kids that went to a school in Little Rock
  • Civil Rights Act of 1957

    Civil Rights Act of 1957

    Made the civil rights division
  • Chicano Movement

    Chicano Movement

    Mexican civil rights movement
  • Greensboro NC Sit ins

    Greensboro NC Sit ins

    People of color sat down in restaurants where they were not supposed to
  • SNCC founded

    SNCC founded

    The SNCC was founded
  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders

    People who rode busses in segregated places
  • Letter from a Birmingham Jail

    Letter from a Birmingham Jail

    MLK wrote a letter while in jail
  • March on Washington

    March on Washington

    MLK's i have a dream speech
  • 24th Amendment

    24th Amendment

    No more voting taxes
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Outlawed any kind of discrimination
  • March from Selma Alabama

    March from Selma Alabama

    a 54 mile march from Selma to the capital of Montgomery
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965

    People of color could vote
  • Black Panthers

    Black Panthers

    The black panthers were founded
  • Thurgood Marshall appointed to Supreme Court

    Thurgood Marshall appointed to Supreme Court

    Thurgood Marshall was appointed to the Supreme court
  • Cesar Chavez hunger strike

    Cesar Chavez hunger strike

    He starved himself for rights
  • MLK assassinated

    MLK assassinated

    MLK was assassinated
  • American Indian Movement founded

    American Indian Movement founded

    The American Indian movement was founded
  • ERA Proposed and Defeated

    ERA Proposed and Defeated

    The ERA was proposed to congress but failed to pass the two thirds vote majority
  • Sandra Day O’Connor appointed to Supreme Court

    Sandra Day O’Connor appointed to Supreme Court

    Sandra Day O’Connor was appointed to the Supreme Court
  • Sonia Sotomayor appointed to Supreme Court

    Sonia Sotomayor appointed to Supreme Court

    Sonia Sotomayor was appointed to the Supreme Court,