Brown vs. Board of Education
Timeline
| 1865 | The Thirteenth Amendment ended slavery. |
| 1868 | The Fourteenth Amendment granted citizenship, due process and equal protection under the law. |
| 1876 | Reconstruction ended. |
| 1896 | Plessy v. Ferguson: The Supreme Court established the separate but equal doctrine. |
| 1909 | Founding of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). |
| 1948 | President Truman integrated the military and civil services. |
| 1950 | Linda Brown denied enrollment at a segregated elementary school in Topeka, KS. |
| 1951 | Briggs v. Elliott case in the Charleston Division of the District Court of the United States. |
| 1951 | The Brown case was heard by the Kansas Supreme Court. |
| 1952 | The U.S. Supreme Court accepted the appeal of the Brown case and heard arguments. |
| 1954 |
The Supreme
Court unanimously declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional. |
| 1955 | The Supreme Court issued its implementation ruling. Montgomery Bus Boycott |
| 1957 | Desegregation at Little Rock |
| 1960 | Sit-in Campaign |
| 1961 | Freedom Rides |
| 1962 | Mississippi Riot |
| 1963 | Birmingham | March on Washington |
| 1965 | Selma |
