timeline of major acts of discrimination

By blayke crow

  • Punishment to runaway slaves

    In 1660 slaves who would run away from there owners would be sentenced to punishment or a cruel act of violence.

  • First ever slave codes

    Slave codes are really saying that slaves were property, not persons.
    Virginia enacted the first major slave codes in 1680

  • Declaration of independence signed

    in 1776 the declaration of independence was signed to give freedom of independence to everyone.

  • the Bill Of Rights

    “Bill of Rights” added to U.S. Constitution. The Bill of Rights consisted of the amendments made later on.

  • act of returning slaves that escaped

    Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 required citizens to assist in the return of escaped slaves to their owners

  • segregation in schools

    Roberts v. City of Boston (Massachusetts) found no constitutional impediment to segregated schools

  • the 13th amendment

    Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolished slavery

  • Equal rights for all

    Civil Rights Act of 1866 guaranteed equal rights under law for all people who lived within the jurisdiction of the United States

  • The 14th Amendment

    Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States and prohibited states from denying any person the equal protection of the laws or depriving any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law

  • the right to vote

    Voting Rights Act of 1965 enforced the Fifteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution and provided for substantial federal supervision of voting and election procedures in order to eliminate racial discrimination and protect the right to vote

  • Recovery

    Civil Rights Act of 1991 superseded several narrowing U.S. Supreme Court civil rights decisions and granted women and disabled persons the right to recover money damages under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964