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14th Amendment
this amendment granted all people born in the united states citizenship. -
15th amendment
Passed by Congress February 26, 1869, and ratified February 3, 1870. This amendment was made to grant african american men the right to vote. -
Congress passes the first Civil Rights Act
was the first United States federal law to define citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law -
The first Women’s Suffrage Amendment
The Woman Suffrage Amendment, originally written by Susan B. Anthony and introduced in Congress in 1878 -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Court makes a critical court decision regarding racial segregation in rail cars. -
ncaap
civil rights organization -
19th amendment
granted women the right to vote -
Shelly v. Kramer
Court case that struck down racially restrictive housing covenants. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Court case that ruled that state-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat
helped initiate the civil rights movement in the United States when she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery, Alabama -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
prohibited discrimination in public places -
NOW
NOW is a feminist organization -
Green v. County School Board of New Kent County
the case was about school desegregation -
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
was a landmark United States Supreme Court case dealing with the busing of students to promote integration in public schools. -
Proposition 209
amended the state constitution to prohibit state governmental institutions from considering race, sex, or ethnicity