Civil Rights Timeline Project

By EWMyers
  • Dred Scott V. Sandford

    Dred Scott V. Sandford

    Black people could not be American citizens and could not sue in court. It also ruled that slaves were property and that slave owners could not be deprived their property under the constitution.
  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment

    the 13th abolished slavery in America. freeing millions of slaves following the end of the civil war.
  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment

    This amendment made it so any person born within the United States would be granted citizenship, along with giving them equal protection of laws.
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment

    This allowed African American men the ability vote and run for office.
  • Jim Crow Era

    Jim Crow Era

    Jim Crow laws were known for segregating and preventing blacks from voting following the civil war.
  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson

    This case allowed for segregation to be enforced as long as the the segregated areas were accommodated equally.
  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education

    This case ended segregation within public schools because the separate but equal schools were not equal.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964

    This law outlawed discrimination in public environments and made federally funded programs equal
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965

    This law made it illegal for employers to discriminate based on race, gender, or religion and allowed the government to enforce all laws regarding civil rights
  • Affirmative Action

    Affirmative Action

    everyone was promised equal access to opportunities and give based on the idea of all americans getting a fair chance in life
  • Reed v. Reed

    Reed v. Reed

    Protected women against discrimination by applying the 14th amendment to strike down a law.
  • Equal Rights Amendment

    Equal Rights Amendment

    The equal rights amendment ends legal discrimination based on gender.
  • Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

    Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

    The universities admission requirements made race a requirement and that violated the equal protection clause
  • Bowers v. Hardwick

    Bowers v. Hardwick

    This case states that the 14th amendment does not restrict states from criminalizing same sex relationships
  • Americans with Disabilities Act

    Americans with Disabilities Act

    This law prevents the discrimination based on disability from employment, transportation, and public accommodations along with providing programs and assistance services.
  • Motor Voter Act

    Motor Voter Act

    This law made it easier for African Americans to be able to exercise their right to vote based on the 15th amendment
  • Lawrence v. Texas

    Lawrence v. Texas

    This case made the sexual activity of of same sex partners legal throughout all of America
  • Obergefell v. Hodges

    Obergefell v. Hodges

    This case said that same sex couples have the right to marry on the basis of equal protection clause and Due Process