Civil Rights Timeline

By 22dbach24

  • Scott v Stanford

    The Supreme Court case where the Supreme Court ruled that Americans of African descent, whether free or a slave, were not american citizens and could not sue in a federal court

  • Reconstruction and Reconstruction amendments

    At the end of the civil war, america had to rebuild. The 13th and 14th amendments were passed. They abolished slavery and gave due process rights to everyone. (1865-1877)

  • Jim Crow Era

    Jim Crow era was the period in us history when blacks were publicly and heavily discriminated against (they did not have the same rights as whites at all) ended around the 1960s when the civil rights movement began.

  • Plessy v Fergusen

    A decision of the supreme court in 1896. It allowed racial segregation in public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality. "Separate but equal"

  • The 19th Amendment

    the 19th amendment passed in 1920, gave women the right to vote

  • Scottsboro boys

    The Scottsboro boys were 9 black teenage boys, falsely accused of raping two white woman on a train in Alabama in 1931 (1931-1937)

  • George Stinney Case

    George stinney was an african american boy falsley accused of murdering two white girls. he had a very unfair trial, and was given none of his due process rights. he was sentenced to death, and was executed.

  • Brown v Board of education

    landmark supreme court case, ruled segragated schools unconstitutional, overturned plessy v fergeson.

  • Civil rights act of 1964

    ended segragation in public places (bathrooms, restaurants etc.) and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex etc.

  • Voting rights act of 1965

    outlawed discriminatory voting practices such as literacy tests

  • Civil rights act of 1968/ fair housing act of 1968

    provided equal housing oportunities regardless of race/religion. You cannot refuse to rent or sell a dwelling to any person because of his race, color, religion etc.

  • California v bakke

    the supreme court ruled that universities cannot use racial quotas in the admission process but a school can use affirmative action to accept more minority groups

  • Gratz v bollinger

    U of M used a scale to let students into college, and gave minority groups bonus points for example a perfect SAT score gave you 12, while being black gave you 20. supreme court decided it was unconstitutional

  • merideth v jefferson county board of education

    the school put an enrollment plan in place to maintain racial intergration. Students were given a choice of schools, but not all schools could work for everyone. Student enrollment was decided on the basis of several factors. Place of residence, school capacity, random chance, as well as race. The supreme court declared this was unconstitutional

  • Shelby county v holder

    Supreme court declared the voting rights act of 1965's sction 4b was unconstitutional. it is unconstitutional because it was 40 yeards old and no longer responsive to current needs.