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13th,14th, and 15th Amendments
Designed to ensure equality for newly freed slaves and ban slavery and involuntary servitude, with the exception of punishment. -
Tuskegee Institute Created
An institute founded by Booker T. Washington to train teachers and is a historically black school. -
Plessy v Ferguson
Plessy v Ferguson was a Supreme Court case that stated that "separate but equal" laws were constitutional and that racial segregation was allowed. This was important to the civil rights movement because it stood for over half a century until Brown v Board of Education in 1954. -
NAACP Created
The NAACP was created in 1909 in response to violence against African Americans throughout the country. -
19th Amendment
The amendment that denied states from denying the right to vote for citizens based on color, race, and others. This gave voting rights to African Americans and also women. -
Brown v Board of Education
A landmark Supreme Court case that ruled that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. This was a large step forward in terms of the elimination of racial segregation. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A boycott against the racial discrimination in the public transit system. A historic event in the timeline of the civil rights movement. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
It established a commission on civil rights to investigate violations regarding civil rights and also created a civil rights department in the Department of Justice. -
Little Rock 9
9 African American students were trying to go to school but were blocked by officers and a crowd of white people throwing and shouting. -
Freedom Riders
Civil Rights Activists who rode buses to segregated Southern US to challenge the non-enforcement of recently created laws. -
24th Amendment
This amendment outlawed states from denying voting rights based on if poll tax had been paid. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
An act that prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. This was a great step because it not only outlawed discrimination based on color, but also on sex. -
March from Selma, Alabama
3 protest marches performed in defiance of segregationist repression. Also a historic event in the civil rights movement timeline. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
An act that outlawed discriminatory voting practices and was a large step in the right direction in terms of removing racial discrimination. -
SNCC Formed
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) was formed in April 1960 at a conference in order to give younger African Americans a voice in the civil rights movement. -
Thurgood Marshall appointed to Supreme Court
In 1967, Thrugood Marshall became the first African American to serve as Supreme Court judge and was nominated by President Johnson. -
MLK Assasination
MLK was assasinated and it was believed that it was a conspiracy involving the US government, and others. -
Equal Rights Amendment
A proposed amendment that was made to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens, regardless of if they are male or female. -
Sandra Day O’Connor appointed to Supreme Court
In 1981, Sandra Day O'Connor was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Reagan as the first women in higher court. -
Sonia Sotomayor appointed to Supreme Court
Sonia Sotomayor was nominated by President Barack Obama to become an associate justice of the Supreme Court, as the first Hispanic person in the court.
