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13th Amendment
It was an amendment that would not allow slavery unless as a punishment for someone convicted of a crime -
14th Amendment
This was a reconstruction amendment that would protect equal rights laws to former slaves -
15th Amendment
This amendment would give African American men the right to vote -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Was a supreme court case from New Orleans that argued the Jim Crow laws contradicted the 13th and 14th Amendments -
Mendez vs. Westminster
This was the first court case to bring up that school segregation violates the 14th Amendment -
Brown vs. Board of Education
It was a Supreme Court case that would make segregation of schools illegal. -
Emmett Till
Emmett Till was murdered by two white men after he had whistled to one of their wives in a grocery store in Money, Mississippi and his death brought people to take more action in the Civil Rights movement -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Occurred in Montgomery Alabama and was a protest against public transit segregation -
Little Rock Crisis
9 African American students in Little Rock, Arkansas attended a school that used to be whites only, causing angry staff, parents and students -
Freedom Riders
More than 400 Black and White Americans would test and purposefully violate Jim Crow laws, inspiring many. -
March on Washington
The march was held in Washington DC and the purpose was to fight for civil and Economic rights for African Americans -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This legislation was signed by Lyndon Johnson and would outlaw segregation -
Selma
Selma was a city in Alabama that Martin Luther King and his followers decided to make the city the focus of African Americans registering to vote -
Malcolm X Assassination
He may not have been a believer in peaceful protest, but his death in Washington Heights, NY did leave many people realizing how wrong African Americans were being treated. -
Voting Rights Act
Signed in by Lyndon Johnson, it would allow African Americans the right to vote -
MLK Assassination
After King's assassination in Memphis, Tennessee many people were angry and riots broke out