civil rights timeline

By CJbostic

  • 13th Amendment (african americans)

    Abolishes slavery

  • 14th Amendment (all)

    Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law. The 14th amendment has become one of the most used amendments in court to date regarding the equal protection clause.

  • 15th Amendment (African americans)

    Right to vote should not be denied on account of race or color(African American males right to vote)

  • Tuskegee Institute created (African american)

    Founded by Booker T. Washington, “established a normal school for
    colored teachers”. Provided students with academic and vocational training.

  • Plessy v. Ferguson (African African)

    Establishes “Separate but equal”

  • NAACP created (African american)

    Key founder: W.E.B. Du Bois. National Association for the
    Advancement of Colored People. Civil Rights organization to help fight for African American rights.

  • 19th Amendment (women)

    Right to vote should not be denied on the account of sex (Women get the right to vote)

  • Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed (women)

    Proposed by the National Women's political party, it was to provide
    for the legal equality of the sexes and prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex. Defeated in 1972.

  • Executive Order 9981 (all)

    President Truman abolished discrimination "on the basis of race,
    color, religion or national origin" in the military (integrated units)

  • Brown v. Board of Education (all)

    Integrated public schools. Overturns Plessy v. Ferguson.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott (african american)

    Civil Rights protest in which African Americans refused to ride city
    buses protesting segregated seating. Key person: Rosa Parks

  • Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” (African american

    He called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the U.S.

  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed (African american)

    Advance civil rights in a non-violent manner. Key member: MLK

  • Little Rock 9 (African American)

    Governor Orval Faubus prevented 9 African American students
    from entering the high school. President Eisenhower uses National
    Guard to protect students entry into the school

  • Civil Rights Act of 1957 (all)

    President Eisenhower established the Civil Rights Section of the
    Justice Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain
    court injunctions against interference with the right to vote

  • Greensboro, NC Sit-ins (african american

    Four African American students sat at a whites only lunch counter
    and refused to leave after being denied service. Protesting racial segregation.

  • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed (all)

    Student political organization civil rights movement group. Used Nonviolent tactics.

  • Chicano Movement (Mural Movement) (chicano)

    Mexican-American civil rights movement.Artists began using the
    walls of city buildings, housing projects, schools, and churches to

  • Freedom Riders (freedom riders)

    in 1962 co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (later
    called the United Farm Workers Union). Was a Latino American Civil

  • Cesar Chavez (chicano)

    He defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism