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13th amendment
The abolishment of slavery. -
14th amendment
Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law. The 14th amendment has become one of the most used amendments in court to date regarding the equal protection clause. -
15th amendment
Granted African American men the right to vote. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality. -
NAACP created
It is a civil rights organization in the US to advance justice for African Americans by W.E.B. Du Bois, Mary Ovington, Moorfield Storey and Ida B. Wells. -
19th Amendment
Granted women the right to vote. -
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed
The equal rights amendment was to provide for the legal equality of the sexes and prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex. -
Executive Order 9981
By president Harry S. Truman to abolish discrmination. This eventually led to the end of segregation in the services. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Was a supreme court case. State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. -
Little Rock 9
A group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School. They weren't able to enter the school at 1st. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is an African-American civil rights organization. SCLC, which is closely associated with its first president, Martin Luther King Jr., had a large role in the American civil rights movement. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
The bill was passed by the 85th United States Congress and signed into law by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961. -
Cesar Chavez
Chavez founded the National Farm Workers Association in 1962. -
Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
Was an open letter written on April 16, 1963, by Martin Luther King Jr. The letter defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism. -
March on Washington: “I have a dream” speech
"I Have a Dream" is a public speech that was delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, in which he called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
A landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It prohibits unequal application of voter registration requirements, and racial segregation in schools, employment, and public accommodations. -
24th Amendment
The Twenty-fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution prohibits 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.
