Civil Rights Timeline - Zion Martey

By ZionMartey
  • 13th Ammendment (African American)

    13th Ammendment (African American)

    This Amendment abolished slavery
  • 14th Amendment (African American)

    14th Amendment (African American)

    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 (African American)

    15th Amendment (African American)

    This amendment will give POC the right to vote. Your right to vote should not be affected based on your race. Gave African American men the right to vote.
  • Tuskegee Institute created (African American)

    Tuskegee Institute created (African American)

    Established normal schooling for colored teachers. Helped students obtain a better education
  • Plessy v. Ferguson (African American)

    Plessy v. Ferguson (African American)

    “Separate But Equal” Gave public facilities the ability to segregate facilities, only if they were equal in quality.
  • NAACP created (African American)

    NAACP created (African American)

    Civil Rights Group that would lead to aiding in the fight for African American Rights. Founded by W.E.B Du Bois. National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
  • 19th Amendment (Women)

    19th Amendment (Women)

    This amendment will give women the ability to vote. Your right to vote should not be affected based on your sex
  • Executive Order 9981(African American)

    Executive Order 9981(African American)

    Passed by President Truman, abolishes discrimination of race, religion, or origin in the military. Leading to integrated units
  • Brown v. Board of Education (African American)

    Brown v. Board of Education (African American)

    Leads to Integrated schools. Retracts Plessy v Ferguson
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    Montgomery Bus Boycott (African American)

    African American citizens refuse to ride public transportation in protest to segregated seating in busses. Rosa Parks plays a key role in this movement
  • Chicano Movement (Mural Movement) (Chicano)

    Chicano Movement (Mural Movement) (Chicano)

    Mexican-American civil rights movement. Artists would paint murals on city buildings to represent Mexican-American culture.
  • Freedom Riders (African American)

    Freedom Riders (African American)

    Civil Rights activists who took bus rides to the south to protest segregated bus posts. Would challenge segregated buildings
  • Cesar Chavez (Chicano)

    Cesar Chavez (Chicano)

    Co Founder of the National Farm Workers Association.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964 (African American)

    Civil Rights Act of 1964 (African American)

    LBJ passes this to prevent discrimination based on your race, religion, or national origin. Lead to the end of Jim Crow in America
  • March from Selma, Alabama ( African American)

    March from Selma, Alabama ( African American)

    Led by MLK…. thousands of protestors mainly African American advocate for voting rights
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965 (African American)

    Voting Rights Act of 1965 (African American)

    LBJ outlaws racist voting practices that were adopted in southern states after the civil war
  • Black Panthers (African American)

    Black Panthers (African American)

    Political organization founded to protest police brutality against African Americans
  • Thurgood Marshall appointed to the Supreme Court (African American)

    Thurgood Marshall appointed to the Supreme Court (African American)

    First African American to serve in the supreme court. Appointed by LBJ. Lawyer for the NAACP
  • MLK assassinated (African American)

    MLK assassinated (African American)

    James Earl Ray assassinated MLK outside his hotel in Memphis
  • Sandra Day O’Connor appointed to the Supreme Court (Women)

    Sandra Day O’Connor appointed to the Supreme Court (Women)

    Appointed by Ronald Reagan, becomes the first female to serve on the supreme court
  • Sonia Sotomayor appointed to the Supreme Court (Chicano)

    Sonia Sotomayor appointed to the Supreme Court (Chicano)

    Appointed by Obama, becomes the first hispanic and latina to serve on the court