Civil Rights & Reform · 1787–1965
Extending the promise that all are created equal.
The long struggle to extend the promise of equality across territory, gender, and race.
Northwest Ordinance
1787 · Statehood, civil liberties, and the first federal limit on slavery.
Declaration of Sentiments
1848 · The founding document of the women’s rights movement.
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Banned discrimination by race, color, religion, sex, or origin.
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Federal protection of the right to vote.
Related
Reconstruction Amendments
The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments.
Brown v. Board of Education
The end of “separate but equal” in public schools.