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Civil Rights Timeline

  • Dred Scott v. Sandford

    Dred Scott v. Sandford

    One of America`s mistakes was this case where the Supreme Court ruled that enslaved people were not citizens but property.
  • 13th amendment Ratified

    13th amendment Ratified

    No Slavery nor Indentured Servitude in the U.S. except as a punishment for a crime
  • 14th amendment ratified

    14th amendment ratified

    One of the most used amendments for protections.
    All people born on U.S soil are citizens.

    All citizens have equal protections under the law.
  • 15th amendment ratified

    15th amendment ratified

    Granted African American men the right to vote.
  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson

    Another unfortunate Supreme Court decision where the Supreme Court ruled that segregation laws did not violate the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment

    Granted woman the right to vote.
  • Voter ID Laws

    Voter ID Laws

    Voters must register to vote (must have proper evidence). When it was first placed effect it was used to disenfranchise people of color and woman with unfair tests to decide whether a person could be eligible to receive the ID.
  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education

    The Supreme Court ruled that segregation in schools was unconstitutional and against the 14th amendment.
    (Went against ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson)
  • Affirmative Action

    Affirmative Action

    Policies in place to help people of color get into things which had previously been white only (or mostly).
  • 24th amendment

    24th amendment

    You cannot tax the right to vote in federal elections.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Prohibits discrimination of people based on race (color), sex, religion, and national origin.
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Laws placed after the Civil War that denied equal voting were struck down, including reading (literacy) tests.
  • Equal Rights Amendment

    Equal Rights Amendment

    Legal equality enforced between men and women.
  • Title IX ratified

    Title IX ratified

    Education intuitions must remove barriers on the basis of sex to give equal educational opportunities.
  • Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

    Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

    The Supreme Court ruled that affirmative action is Constitutional.
  • Bowers v. Hardwick

    Bowers v. Hardwick

    The Supreme Court ruled that the 14th amendment does not make laws that prohibit same-sex relations (even in private) unconstitutional.
  • Americans with Disabilities Act

    Americans with Disabilities Act

    The government prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability.
  • Shelby County v Holder

    Shelby County v Holder

    The Supreme Court invalidated the voting rights act by declaring it unconstitutional.
  • Obergefell v. Hodges

    Obergefell v. Hodges

    The Supreme Court declared that Same-Sex marriage is Constitutional in the United States by protection under the 14th amendment.