Create a timeline that identifies 7 to 10 historic and current civil rights events. You can use Timeline Builder, Microsoft Word, or MicrosoftPowerPoint® to create your timeline.
Include the following in your timeline:
Date of each event
Description of each event and why you included it
The vulnerable class intended for protection
How the specific event affected the civil rights movement
Format any references used in your timeline consistent with APA guidelines.
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans. (1954)
July 2, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964
August 10, 1965 Voting Rights Act of 1965
June 12, 1967 Loving v. Virginia
April 20, 1971 Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
November 22, 1991 Civil Rights Act of 1991
January 2008 Civil Rights Act of 2008.
June 2013 (Shelby County v. Holder) Supreme Court struck down Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act.