Civil Rights Timeline

  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment

    President Abraham Lincon made the 13th admendment which ended slavery.The 13th Amendment was necessary because the Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln in January of 1863, did not end slavery entirely
  • 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 15th amendment allows black males the right to vote.
    Right to vote shall not be denied on account of race of color
  • Tuskegee Institute created

    Tuskegee Institute created

    Founded by Booker T. Washington, “established a normal school for colored teachers”. Provided students with academic and vocational
    training.
  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson

    Segregation in railway accommodation.
    Separate but equal: Only did the separate part though
  • NAACP created

    NAACP created

    Key founder: W.E.B. Du Bois. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Civil Rights organization to help fight for African American rights.
  • Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed

    Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed

    The Equal Rights Amendment was to provide for the legal equality of the sexes and prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex.
  • Executive Order 9981

    Executive Order 9981

    This executive order abolished discrimination "on the basis of race, color, religion or national origin" in the United States Armed Forces, and led to the end of segregation in the services during the Korean War.
  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education

    Little brown saw two while schools on her way to black school. Integrated public schools. Overturns Plessy v. Ferguson.
  • Little Rock 9

    Little Rock 9

    The Little Rock Nine was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. students were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Orval Faubus, the Governor of Arkansas.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964

    LBJ outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or
    national origin. It prohibits unequal application of voter registration
    requirements, and racial segregation in schools, employment, and
    public accommodations.
  • 24th Amendment

    24th Amendment

    On this date in 1962, the House passed the 24th Amendment, outlawing the poll tax as a voting requirement in federal elections
  • March from Selma, Alabama

    March from Selma, Alabama

    The fight to secure voting rights for African Americans.
    The marches were organized by nonviolent activists to demonstrate the desire of African-American citizens to exercise their constitutional right to vote, in defiance of segregationist repression
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965

    LBJ outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many
    southern states after the Civil War
  • Black Panthers

    Black Panthers

    Political organization founded to challenge police brutality against
    the African American community.
  • American Indian Movement (AIM)

    American Indian Movement (AIM)

    Founded by grassroots activists in Minneapolis. This is an American Indian advocacy group organized to address issues related to sovereignty, leadership, and treaties.
  • MLK assassinated

    MLK assassinated

    MLK was shot and at a motel in memphis tennessee while standing on his balcony, shortly after he was rushed to the hospital where he died an hour later
  • Sandra Day O’Connor appointed to the Supreme Court

    Sandra Day O’Connor appointed to the Supreme Court

    Appointed by Reagan. First female to serve on the court.
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    The American citizens right to vote will not be denied by the United States due towards their sex.
  • Sonia Sotomayor appointed to the Supreme Court

    Sonia Sotomayor appointed to the Supreme Court

    Appointed by Obama. First Hispanic and Latina to serve on the court.