Civil Rights timeline

  • The Dred Scott Case

    It was a thing well he when he went against Sanford, and he was an enslaved black man.
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    He freed all the slaves in the confederacy.
  • 13th Amendment

    It was to abolished slavery, and etc. It was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, and by the House on January 31, 1865.
  • 14th Amendment

    Grants citizenship to people born or naturalized in the United States.
  • 15th Amendment

    The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
  • Plessy vs Ferguson

    upheld the rights of states to pass laws allowing or even requiring racial segregation in public and private institutions such as schools, public transportation, restrooms, and restaurants.
  • Creation of the NAACP

    America's oldest and largest civil rights organization.
  • 19th Amendment

    The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
  • Jackie Robinson breaks the color barrier

    He was the first African-American player in Major League Baseball.
  • Brown vs The Topeka Board of Education

    which the justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional.
  • The Montgomery Bus Boycott

    It was when Rosa Parks rode on a bus that was full of white people.
  • Little Rock Nine

    was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957.
  • "I Have a Dream" Speech

    It was a public speech by Martin Luther King Jr., and It brought even greater attention to the Civil Rights Movement
  • The March on Washington

    It was a protest where african americans led by Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Freedom Summer

    It was designed to draw the nation’s attention to violent oppression experienced by African Americans in Mississippi.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    It outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting.
  • Creation of the Black Panther Party

    It was founded to monitor police violence in black communities, a seemingly intractable issue that Black Lives Matter and other groups continue to organize around today.
  • Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

    He was shot in Memphis Tennessee.
  • Title IX

    "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance."
  • Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)

    It was designed to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of s**
  • Roe vs Wade

    issue of the constitutionality of laws that criminalized or restricted access to abortions.