Civil Rights Timeline

  • 13th amendment (African Americans)

    13th amendment (African Americans)
    Abolished slavery
  • 14th Amendment (all groups)

    14th Amendment (all groups)
    Rights of citizenship
  • 15th amendment (all groups)

    15th amendment (all groups)
    Guaranteed the right to vote for anyone.
  • Plessy v. Ferguson (African americans)

    Plessy v. Ferguson (African americans)
    Separate but equal
  • NAAAP created ( African Americans)

    NAAAP created ( African Americans)
    The abolishment of segregation and racism in every day life.
  • 19th amendment (Women)

    19th amendment (Women)
    Granted women the right to vote.
  • Equal rights amendment (Women)

    Equal rights amendment (Women)
    Its a law that does not discriminate women, sex should not determine the rights of men or Women.
  • Executive order of 9981 (all groups)

    Executive order of 9981 (all groups)
    Equal treatment and opportunity for everyone in the armed forces.
  • Brown v. board of education (African americans)

    Brown v. board of education (African americans)
    Overruled the separate but equal principle
  • Montgomery bus boycott (African American)

    Montgomery bus boycott (African American)
    First major demonstration against segregation. African Americans didn't use busses for a year.
  • Southern Christian leadership conference formed (African Americans)

    Southern Christian leadership conference formed (African Americans)
    Brought an end to black disenfranchisement, and coordinated protest movements
  • Little Rock 9 (african american)

    Little Rock 9 (african american)
    These 9 students fought for equal opportunity in American education when they challenged public school segregation by enrolling at the all white high school.
  • Civil rights act of 1957 (all groups)

    Civil rights act of 1957 (all groups)
    Got rid of the discrimination on the basis of sex as well as race.
  • Greensboro, NC sit ins (african Americans)

    Greensboro, NC sit ins (african Americans)
    Civil rights protest called the sit in movement spread through college towns in the south
  • Student nonviolent coordination committee (african americans)

    Student nonviolent coordination committee (african americans)
    Sought to coordinate youth led nonviolent campaigns against segregation and other forms of racism.
  • Chicano movement (mural movement) (chicanos)

    Chicano movement (mural movement) (chicanos)
    Artists began using the walls of buildings to depict mexican american culture.
  • Freedom riders (african americans)

    Freedom riders (african americans)
    Groups of white and african americans who participated in freedom rides, to protest segregated bus terminals.
  • Dr. King's "letter from a birmingham jail" (african americans)

    Dr. King's "letter from a birmingham jail" (african americans)
    The most important written document of the civil rights era. the long road of freedom in a movement that was largely centered around actions and spoken words
  • I have a dream speech (african americans)

    I have a dream speech (african americans)
    To advocate for the civil and economic rights of african americans.
  • 24th Amendment (all groups)

    24th Amendment (all groups)
    Prohibited any poll tak in election for federal officials