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Congress passes the first Civil Rights Act
it was the first United States federal law to give citizenship and to make sure that all citizens are equally protected by the law. -
14th Amendment
The major purpose of the 14th amendment was to grant citizenship to “All persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which grants citizenship to former slaves. -
15th Amendment
It stopped the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race or color. -
The first Women's Suffrage Amendment was introduced to congress
This gave women the right to vote. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
It was about racial segregation laws for public places. Known as, "separate but equal" -
NAACP is founded
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to advance justice for African Americans. -
19th Amendment
The 19th amendment prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. -
Shelly v. Kramer
is a landmark United States Supreme Court case that struck down racially restrictive housing covenants. -
Brown v. Board of Education
laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. -
Civil rights act of 1964
a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Green v. County School Board of New Kent County
United States Supreme Court case dealing with the freedom of choice plans created to avoid compliance with the Court's mandate in Brown II. -
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
a landmark United States Supreme Court case dealing with the busing of students to promote integration in public schools. -
proposition 209 -- California
prohibited state governmental institutions from considering race, sex, or ethnicity in the workplace, public contracting, or public education -
NOW formed
The National Organization for Women is an American feminist organization founded in 1966.
