Civil Rights Timeline

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  • 3/5 Compromise

  • Seneca Falls Declaration of Sentiments and Resolution is signed

  • Scott V. Sandford

  • 13th Amendment

  • 14th Amendment

  • 15th Amendment

  • Plessy V. Ferguson

  • Founding of the NAACP

  • 19th Amendment

  • ERA introduced into congress

  • Smith V. Allwright

  • Congress opens all military service academies to women

  • Truman Orders the Desegregation of Armed Forces

  • Hernandez V. Texas

  • Brown V. Board of Education

  • Little Rock Nine

  • Cesar Chavez Publicizes the plight of migrant workers

  • 24th Amendment

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

  • National Organization of Women organized

  • Jones V. Mayer

  • MALDEF

  • Stonewall Riots

  • Reed V. Reed

  • ERA passed by congress

  • Title IX

  • Multi-member electoral districts in Texas outlawed

  • Craig V. Boren

  • Dothard V. Rawlinson

  • Plyer V. Doe

  • Civil Rights and Women's Equity in Employment Act

  • "Don't Ask Don't Tell"

  • Defense of Marriage Act

  • Massachusetts Legalizes same sex marriage

  • United States V. Windsor

  • Obergfell V. Hodges

  • Masterpiece Cake Shop V. Colorado