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13th Amendment
Outlawed slavery and involuntary servitude (except as punishment for a crime). -
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The Three Reconstruction Amendments
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14th Amendment
State and federal citizenship for all persons regardless of race both born or naturalized in the United States, no state would be allowed to abridge the "privileges and immunities" of citizens, no person was allowed to be deprived of life, liberty,or property without "due process of law." & no person could be denied "equal protection of the laws." [all regardless of race.] -
15th Amendment
Prohibited any government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude". -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Argument over upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal." Plessy boarded a "whites only" train and was asked to move to the blacks train, but he refused and was arrested. Races were still seperated afterwards. -
19th Amendment
Prohibited any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex. -
Executive Order 9981
Issued by President Truman, abolished racial segregation in the armed forces. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Declared seperate school for blacks & whites unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
Rosa Parks is sitting in the middle of a public bus; however, if whites were standing due to a lack of seats, blacks were required to give them their seats and move to the back. Rosa Parks refused to do this and was arrested. Sparked Bus Boycott. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
Blacks, protesting the racial segregation system in the city, refused to ride busses. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Aimed to ensure that all African Americans could exercise their right to vote. It wanted a new division within the federal Justice Department to monitor civil rights abuses and a joint report to be done by representatives of both major political parties (Democrats and Representatives) on the issue of race relations. Eisenhower supported, however the final bill became a much watered down version. -
24th Amendment
Prohibited both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlawed major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women, including racial segregation. It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the U.S. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Provided for equal housing opportunities regardless of race, creed, or national origin.
