Civil Rights Timeline

13th Amendment

Dec 6, 1865

This amendment had abolished slavery and involuntary servitude.

14th Amendment

Jul 9, 1868

This amendment made all people born in the United States, including former slaves, citizens and gave them equal protection under law.

15th Amendment

Feb 3, 1870

This amendment prohibits denial of voting rights to people because of race, color, or the fact that they have been slaves.

Plessey vs. Ferguson

May 18, 1896

This case declares seperate but equal rights for the white and colored races. It indicated that the federal government will officially tolerate the seperate but equal doctrine.

19th Amendment

Aug 26, 1920

This amendment gauranteed woment the right to vote.

Executive Order of 1948

Jul 26, 1948

President Truman issued the Executive Order of 1948 which established the treatment and oppurtunity in the Armed Services.

Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat

Dec 1, 1955

Parks was a American American who was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for no letting a white person take her seat.

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Dec 1, 1955

The Montgomery Bus Boycott began after Rosa Parks arrest. It was a 13-month protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional.

Civil Rights Act of 1957

Sep 9, 1957

This was the first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. It gave attorney general greater power to desegregate schools and said that the federal government had athority over African American voting segregations.

24th Amendment

Jan 23, 1964

This amendment gave the right of citizens in the United States to vote in any relection shall not be denied by the United States for the reason of failure to pay poll tax or other tax.

Brown vs. Board of Education

May 17, 1964

This Supreme Court case ended segregation in schools.

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Jul 2, 1964

This law was passed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. It prohibited racial discrimination in emploment and education and made segregation in public places illegal.

Voting Rights Act of 1965

Aug 6, 1965

Signed by President Johnson and this bill garunteed African Americans the right to vote.

Civil Rights Act of 1968

Apr 11, 1968

This act prohibited the sale, rental, and financing of houses based on race, religion, or gender. This act is also known as the Fair Housing Act.