Civil Rights Timeline

  • separate but equal

    separate but equal
    The U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the racist policy of segregation by legalizing “separate but equal” facilities for blacks and whites.
  • Brown vs Education

    Brown vs Education
    The U.S. Supreme Court unanimous decision that overturned the “separate but equal” doctrine in public schools.
  • Rosa

    Rosa
    Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a Montgomery City Bus and was arrested.
  • Civil Rights Bill

    Civil Rights Bill
    More than 250,000 people, march on Washington to demand immediate passage of the civil rights bill.
  • Voting Rights

    Voting Rights
    President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law outlawing literacy tests.