Civil Rights Timeline By 22ajohnson_47 Mar 6, 1857 Scott v. Sanford Period: 1865 to 1877 Reconstruction & Reconstruction Amendments Period: 1877 to 1960 Jim Crow Era 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson Aug 18, 1920 19th Amendment Period: 1931 to 1937 Scottsboro Boys 1944 George Stinney Case 1954 Brown v. Board Jul 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 Aug 6, 1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965 Apr 11, 1968 Civil Rights Act of 1968 1978 California v. Bakke 2003 Gratz v. Bollinger 2007 Meredith v. Jefferson Co Board 2013 Shelby County v. Holder