Civil Rights

13th Amendment Adopted

Dec 6, 1865

14th Amendment Adopted

Jul 9, 1868

Jim Crow Laws

Period: Jan 1, 1876 to Jan 1, 1965

Plessy v. Ferguson Argued

Apr 13, 1896

Argued April 13, 1896
Decided May 18, 1896

Formation of the NAACP

Feb 12, 1909

Brown v. Board of Education Argued

Dec 9, 1952

Argued December 9, 1952
Reargued December 8, 1953
Decided May 17, 1954

Emmett Till Murdered

Aug 28, 1955

Rosa Parks Refused to Move

Dec 1, 1955

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Period: Dec 1, 1955 to Dec 20, 1956

Civil Rights Act of 1957

Sep 9, 1957

Birmingham Campaign

Period: Apr 3, 1963 to May 10, 1963

March on Washington

Aug 28, 1963

24th Amendment Ratified

Jan 23, 1964

Freedom Summer

Jun 1, 1964

Civil Rights Act of 1964 Enacted

Jul 2, 1964

Malcolm X Assassinated

Feb 21, 1965

Bloody Sunday

Mar 7, 1965

Voting Rights Act Effective

Aug 6, 1965

Watts Riots

Period: Aug 11, 1965 to Aug 17, 1965

Kerner Commission Appointed

Jul 28, 1967

Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Apr 4, 1968