African American Civil Rights 1865-1992 By em2019 1865 Civil War ended / Black Codes passed by interim governments in the South 1866 Civil Rights Act 1867 Congressional Reconstruction 1877 Hayes-Tilden Compromise Period: 1890 to 1900 Increase in Jim Crow laws 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson: Supreme Court accepted 'separate but equal' 1909 National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) founded 1933 New Deal 1942 Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded 1948 Desegregation of the armed forces 1954 Brown v. Topeka Board of Education 1957 Montgomery Bus Boycott 1964 Civil Rights Act 1966 Black Panthers formed 1984 Jesse Jackson stood as Democratic presidential candidate 1988 Jackson's second campaign as Democratic presidential candidate