1863: The Emancipation Proclamation
1865: The 13th Amendment
1866: The Civil Rights Act
1868: 14th Amendment
1870: 15th Amendment
1909: The Formation of the NAACP
1941: Executive Order 8802: Banning Discriminatory Employment in the Defense Industry
1948: Executive Order 9981 Barring Segregation in the Armed Forces (P. Truman)
1954: Brown v. Board of Education
1955: Resolution of the Montgomery Improvement Association, Montgomery, AL (bus boycott)
1956: The Southern Manifesto
1957: Executive Order 10730: Desegregation of Central High School
1957: Civil Rights Act of 1957
1960: An Appeal for Human Rights [Image link] (archived material)
1960: The Civil Rights Act of 1960 [Primary Source Document link]
1960: Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) Statement of Purpose
1963: Letter from the Birmingham Jail. M.L. King
1963: The Birmingham Manifesto
1963: The Birmingham Truce Agreement
1963: Program: March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
Audio: Martin Luther King. “I Have a Dream”
1964: Mississippi Summer Project Documents, June-August 1964 (multiple documents links from site)
1964: The Civil Rights Act of 1964
1965: Williams v. Wallace
1965: Petition to Governor George Wallace by Selma-to-Montgomery Marchers
1965: The Voting Rights Act of 1965
1966: The Black Panther Platform and Program
1968: Report of the National Advisory Committee on Civil Disorders (also referred to as the "Kerner Report")
also, see: Report of the National Advisory Committee on Civil Disorders: A Review Article
1968: The Civil Rights Act of 1968. Provision for Open Housing
also, see The Civil Rights Act of 1968 (Primary Source Document)
1971: James E. Swann et al v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education, et al.