Civil Rights Timeline

By ABBYT03

  • Dred Scott v. Sanford

    Dred Scott v. Sanford
    1857 Supreme Court decision that stated slaves were not citizens: slaves were property no matter where they were living and the Missouri Compromise unconstitutional.

  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment
    prohibiting all forms of slavery and involuntary servitude. Former confederate states required to ratify the amendment prior to gaining reentry into union.

  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment
    Citizenship to everyone born in the U.S.

  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment
    U.S. cannot prevent a person from voting because of race, color, or creed

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson
    Legalized segregation in publicly owned facilities on the basis of "separate but equal."

  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment
    Prohibits any United States citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex. Start of women's suffrage movement.

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education
    1954 case that overturned Separate but Equal standard of discrimination in education

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964
    outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965
    a law designed to help end formal and informal barriers to African-American suffrage

  • Reed v. Reed

    Reed v. Reed
    Landmark case in which the Supreme Court for the first time upheld a claim of gender discrimination. Invalidated Idaho state law preferring men to women in court selection of an estate's administrator

  • Title IX

    Title IX
    A United States law that states: "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."

  • Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

    Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
    Held that colleges and universities may consider a person's race as one factor in admission policies

  • Americans with Disabilities Act

    Americans with Disabilities Act
    A law passed in 1990 that requires employers and public facilities to make "reasonable accommodations" for people with disabilities and prohibits discrimination against these individuals in employment.

  • Obergefell v. Hodges

    Obergefell v. Hodges
    Same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry.