Civil Rights Timeline

  • Dred Scott v. Sanford

  • Emancipation Proclamation

  • Wyoming Becomes First State to Grant Women the Right to Vote

  • Plessy v. Ferguson (Approval of "Separate but Equal" Facilities)

  • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Founded

  • Bailey v. Patterson (De-Segregation in Transportation)

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

  • Loving v. Virginia (Inter-Racial Marriage)

  • Equal Rights Amendment Passes in Congress

  • Pregnancy Discrimination Act Signed

  • Lawrence v. Texas (Rights of Same-Sex Couples)

  • Shelby County v. Holder (Voting Rights)

  • Obergefell v. Hodges (Rights of Same-Sex Couples)