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13th Amendment
Abolishes slavery. Group Affected- African Americans. -
14th Amendment
Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law. Group Affected- African Americans and Chicanos -
15th Amendment
Right to vote should not be denied on account of race or color (African American males right to vote). Group Affected- African Americans -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Establishes “Separate but equal”. Group Affected- African American -
NAACP Created
Key founder: W.E.B. Du Bois. National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People. Civil Rights organization to help
fight for African American rights. Group Affected- African Americans -
19th Amendment
Right to vote should not be denied on the account of sex (Women get the right to vote). Group Affected- Women -
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Proposed
Proposed by the National Women's political party, it was to provide
for the legal equality of the sexes and prohibit discrimination on the
basis of sex. Defeated in 1972. Group Affected- Women -
Executive Order 9981
President Truman abolished discrimination "on the basis of race,
color, religion or national origin" in the military (integrated units). Group Affected- African Americans -
Brown v. Board of Education
Integrated public schools. Overturns Plessy v. Ferguson. Group Affected- African American -
Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955-1956
Civil Rights protest in which African Americans refused to ride city
buses protesting segregated seating. Key person: Rosa Parks. Group Affected- African American -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) Formed
Advance civil rights in a non-violent manner. Key member: MLK Group Affected-African Americans -
Little Rock 9
Governor Orval Faubus prevented 9 African American students
from entering the high school. President Eisenhower uses National
Guard to protect students entry into the school. Group Affected-African Americans -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
President Eisenhower established the Civil Rights Section of the
Justice Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain
court injunctions against interference with the right to vote. Group Affected- -
Greensboro, NC Sit-ins
Four African American students sat at a whites only lunch counter
and refused to leave after being denied service. Protesting racial
segregation. Group Affected-African Americans -
Chicano Movement
Mexican-American civil rights movement.Artists began using the
walls of city buildings, housing projects, schools, and churches to
depict Mexican-American culture. Group Affected-Chicano -
Freedom Riders
Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated
southern U.S. Challenged and protested local laws that ignored
integration. Group Affected-African American -
Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
He defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism. Group Affected-African American -
March on Washington: “I have a dream”speech
He called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the
U.S. Group Affected-African American -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
LBJ 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. Group Affected- All of them, African American, NAtive American, Chicano, and women -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
LBJ outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many
southern states after the Civil War. Group Affected-African American