Legislation – African American Civil Rights Movement

Events and Dates

Event Date Description Civil War 1861-1865 The election of anti-slavery president Abraham...

By the end of 1877 southern states were replacing Reconstruction governments for more...

Brown v Board of Education is a landmark case in the African American struggle against segregation...

The Civil Rights Act of 1866 was enacted on April 9, 1866 by the United States Congress to...

The Civil Rights Act of 1875 was enacted as law on March 1st 1875 by President Ulysses Grant...

The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on...

The Civil Rights Act of 1960 was signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on May 6, 1960...

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark piece of civil rights legislation; it was...

On August 6, 1965 President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act. This law was needed...