Civilrights

Important Moments in Civil Rights

By bkurzawa

  • The Civil War and 13th Amendment

    The Civil War and 13th Amendment
    The 13th Amendment, ratified after the civil war, made slavery illegal in the United States

  • Black Codes

    Black Codes
    Undid the Emancipation Proclamation. Established the separate but equal presimse for Jim Crow Laws

  • Fifteenth Amendment

    Fifteenth Amendment
    The 15th Amendment banned laws banning African Americans from voting solely based on their race or if they were previously a slave

  • Nineteenth Amendment

    Nineteenth Amendment
    Granted women the right to vote.

  • Jim Crow Laws

    Jim Crow Laws
    Jim Crow Laws were enacted in the Former Conferderate States to segregate all public facilities. They were enacted under the pretense of separate but equal.

  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

    Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
    Banned Segregation in schools.

  • Equal Pay Act of 1963

    Equal Pay Act of 1963
    The Equal Pay Ac made it illegal to base an employee's pay on race, gender, or religion.

  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964

  • Twenty-Sixth Amendment

    Twenty-Sixth Amendment
    Extended the right to vote to 18-year-olds.

  • Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

    Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
    It required businesses with more than 24 employees to make officies handicap accesible. It also required public transportation,hotels and restaurants to be wheelcahir accesible.