Topic: Voting Rights

Feb 3, 
1870

Fifteenth Amendment, Guaranteeing Right to Vote, is Ratified

Jan 6, 
1915

Don Edwards, “Rights Champion” in Congress, is Born

Jan 10, 
1917

Alice Paul Begins Picketing White House Again for Women’s Suffrage

Aug 9, 
1917

Suffragist Pickets Seek Exemption from Espionage Act Prosecution

Jan 9, 
1918

President Wilson Finally Supports Women’s Right to Vote

Nov 5, 
1918

“As Natural as Breathing” – Women Vote for First Time in a New York Election

Feb 9, 
1919

Suffragists Burn Effigy of President Wilson in Front of White House

Oct 17, 
1924

Democrats Accuse Republicans of Coercing Votes of Federal Employees

Mar 7, 
1927

Texas White Primary Held Unconstitutional (For a While, Anyway)

Jan 15, 
1929

Martin Luther King, Jr. is Born

Mar 4, 
1929

Rep. Oscar De Priest Takes His Seat in the House; First African-American in the 20th Century

Apr 3, 
1944

Supreme Court Declares All-White Primary Unconstitutional

May 17, 
1957

“Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom:” 1957 Civil Rights March on Washington

Nov 14, 
1960

Tuskegee, Alabama,Voting District Violates the 15th Amendment

Jul 1, 
1961

New York Civil Liberties Union Fights NY “English Only” Voting Requirement

Nov 17, 
1961

Albany, Georgia, Civil Rights Campaign Begins – Kennedy Administration Fails to Support

Jun 9, 
1963

Fannie Lou Hamer, Civil Rights Activist, Savagely Beaten in Mississippi Jail

Jan 23, 
1964

The Federal Poll Tax Is Abolished

Apr 26, 
1964

Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party Founded

Jun 21, 
1964

Mississippi Freedom Summer Project Begins – Three Civil Rights Workers Murdered

Nov 3, 
1964

First Washington, D.C., Vote for President

Jan 15, 
1965

LBJ Calls Martin Luther King – Plan Voting Rights Strategy

Mar 7, 
1965

“Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Alabama: John Lewis, Other Marchers Beaten and Tear Gassed

Mar 15, 
1965

“We . . . Shall . . . Overcome:” LBJ Gives Historic Voting Rights Speech

Mar 16, 
1965

LBJ Sends Federal Troops to Guard Selma Voting Rights March

Mar 21, 
1965

Selma-to-Montgomery Voting Rights March Begins Again

Mar 25, 
1965

1965 Voting Rights March Reaches Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery

Apr 27, 
1965

SCOPE Voter Registration Drive Launched

Mar 7, 
1966

Supreme Court Upholds Constitutionality of 1965 Voting Rights Act

Mar 24, 
1966

All Poll Taxes Declared Unconstitutional

May 11, 
1973

Judge Dismisses Charges Against Daniel Ellsberg and Anthony Russo Because of Government Misconduct

Feb 13, 
1982

ACLU Report: Voting Discrimination Continues in South

Jan 13, 
1990

Douglas Wilder Becomes First Elected African-American Governor

Jan 17, 
1996

Barbara Jordan Dies; Feminist, Texas Civil Rights Advocate

Jun 25, 
2013

Supreme Court Guts Voting Rights Act: “Shelby County v. Holder”

Dec 31, 
2014

Acclaimed Film “Selma” Provokes Controversy over President Johnson, Other Issues

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