Civil Rights Timeline

By 23sbrown97

  • Scott v. Sanford

    Supreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent, whether free or slave, were not American citizens and could not sue in federal court. The Court also ruled that Congress lacked power to ban slavery in the U.S. territories.

  • Reconstruction (1865-1877)

    Reconstruction (1865-1877)
    • 13th Amend.~ Abolishment of slavery
    • 14th Amend.~ Protects every person's right to due process of law.
    • 15th Amend.~ Protects citizens from having their right to vote abridged or denied due to "race, color, or previous condition of servitude."
    - 24th Amend.~ Gets rid of the poll tax Former slaves to breathe full meaning into their newly acquired freedom, and to claim their rights as citizens.

  • Jim Crow Era (1877-1960s)

    Jim Crow Era (1877-1960s)
    A set of laws made by the south, those separated White People and Colored People. With the purpose to show that colored people were inferior.

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson
    Plessy wanted to test the legality of the law, and the court ruled that Louisiana's segregation law did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment so long as separate accommodations for whites and blacks were equal.
    (Separate but equal)

  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment
    Someone can not be restricted their right to vote based on gender

  • Scottsboro Boys (1931-1937)

    Scottsboro Boys (1931-1937)
    When 9 boys who were accused of rape, while during a riot on a bus. They were denied their due process rights, and also lost their 8th amendment right.

  • George Stinney case

  • Brown v. Board

    The 3rd Supreme court case of separate but equal laws. Where both schools were tangibly equal.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Section 5 prohibits eligible districts from enacting changes to their election laws and procedures without gaining official authorization.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    The government takes away from the state’s funding if a state discriminates ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin

  • California v. Bakke (1978) & Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)

  • Meredith v. Jefferson Co Board

  • Shelby County v. Holder

    Shelby County, Alabama, filed suit in district court and sought both a declaratory judgment that Section 5 and Section 4(b) are unconstitutional and a permanent injunction against their enforcement. Which the court ruled it unconstitutional.