Timeline of the Civil Rights Movement

By zocho

  • The 14th Amendment

    The 14th Amendment
    Granted citizenship to all people no matter race, religion, or gender

  • The 15th Amendment

    The 15th Amendment
    Allowed all men to vote no matter race or color

  • Congress Passes the First Civil Rights Act

    Congress Passes the First Civil Rights Act
    President Ulysses S. Grant passes the first civil rights act in the US

  • The First Women’s Suffrage Amendment was Introduced in Congress, but was Defeated

    The First Women’s Suffrage Amendment was Introduced in Congress, but was Defeated
    The beginning of the Women Suffrage Movement

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson
    A case that made it to the supreme court. The ruling was "Separate but Equal"

  • NAACP Founded

    NAACP Founded
    Was created to abolish segregation and discrimination everywhere

  • The 19th Amendment

    The 19th Amendment
    This amendment gave women the right to vote

  • Shelly v. Kraemer

    Shelly v. Kraemer
    Struck down racially restrictive housing. Which made housing available to all races

  • Brown v. The Board of Education

    Brown v. The Board of Education
    Ended segregation in all schools

  • Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Bus Seat

    Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Bus Seat
    One of the major catalysts of the civil rights movement

  • Montgomery Bus Boycotts

    Montgomery Bus Boycotts
    Happened after the arrest of Rosa Parks, was one of the starting protest in the civil rights era.

  • March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom

    March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
    The purpose was to advocate for Civil and Economic rights for People of color. The place where Martin Luther King gave his "I have a dream" speech.

  • The Civil Rights Act of 1964

    The Civil Rights Act of 1964
    Ended discrimination of race, religion, gender, color in most places, especially work and public areas.

  • NOW Formed

    NOW Formed
    Founded to put pressure on the government to pass legislation that promoted equality for all genders.

  • Green v. County School Board of New Kent County

    Green v. County School Board of New Kent County
    One of the most important cases on school desegregation. Ruled "Freedom of Choice" provision.

  • Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education

    Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
    The court ruled to create using programs that aimed to speed up the integration of schools.

  • Maynard Jackson First Black Mayor in Georgia

    Maynard Jackson First Black Mayor in Georgia
    One of the first Black Mayors elected in the south.

  • Proposition 209 - California

    Proposition 209 - California
    Prohibited government institutions from considering race, gender, or ethnicity specifically in areas of employment.

  • Barack Obama is the First Black President Elected in the US

    Barack Obama is the First Black President Elected in the US
    The first Black President elected in the US, a major step of diversifying the federal government.