Social/Cultural Timeline

By sberna

  • Brown vs Board of Education

    Brown v. Board of Education abolishes segregation in public schools

  • Voting Rights Act

    Voting Rights Act passed by Congress. President Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law on August 6, 1965, with Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders present at the ceremony.

  • Griggs v. Duke Power Co.: Testing ruled illegal

    Racially discriminatory tests for employment or promotion ruled illegal.

  • Bob Jones University v. United States

    Tax–exempt status denied to religious schools that discriminate on the basis of race.

  • E-RACE Initiative Wins another employment discrimination case

    African-American and Latino NYC employees win $21 million discrimination suit

  • The Chicago Firefighters' Case

    Supreme Court rules against Chicago's discriminatory hiring practices.

  • Affirmative Action Program Questioned at University of Texas

    Supreme Court upholds use of race in university admissions in Fisher v. UT Austin.