Civil Rights timeline

By garrett.thompson

  • Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed

    Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed
    The Equal Rights Amendment was or is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex.

  • 13th amendment

    13th amendment
    Abolished slavery.
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    Civil Rights timeline

  • 14th amendment

    14th amendment
    Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law. The 14th amendment has become one of the most used amendments in court to date regarding the equal protection clause.

  • 15th amendment

    15th amendment
    Let everyone vote no matter their race.

  • Tuskegee Institute created

    Tuskegee Institute created
    Tuskegee University is a private, historically black university in Tuskegee, Alabama.

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson
    U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws

  • NCAAP created

    NCAAP created
    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment
    lets everyone vote no matter their gender.

  • Executive Order 9981

    Executive Order 9981
    Abolished discrimination on the basis of color, race, gender, or religion.

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education
    Established that racial segregation in schools is unconstitutional.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott
    Political and social protest on racial segregation on the public transit.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1957

    Civil Rights Act of 1957
    the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States

  • Little rock 9

    Little rock 9
    A group of 9 African American students who were denied access to a school.

  • Freedom Riders

    Freedom Riders
    Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961.

  • Cesar Chavez

    Cesar Chavez
    He was an American labor leader, community organizer, and Latino American civil rights activist

  • 24th amendment

    24th amendment
    Took away the right to vote on taxes.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964
    law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965
    piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.

  • MLK assassination

    MLK assassination
    He was shot in a motel in Tennessee

  • Black Panthers

    Black Panthers
    It was a revolutionary political organization founded by Bobby Seale.