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13th Amendment
No abuse like slavery, only used if a crime is commited. -
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
Right for all men to be able to vote not regarding their race. -
Tuskegee Institute created
Private black university dedicated to a slave named Tuskegee. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Racial segregation where if you went out in the public blacks and whites were divided. -
NAACP created
To balance and secure everything equally in order to eliminate racial problems. -
19th Amendment
Women's rights to be able to vote. -
Executive Order 9981
This order ended segregation. -
Brown v. Board of Education
U.S. The Supreme Court made a decision of segregation so that people could walk the same streets but were separated. “separated but equal”. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Political and social protest against segregation. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed
Organization that staged a 381 boycott of Alabama's bus system. -
Little Rock 9
Black students enrolled at an all white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Protects and secures the civil rights of people in the jurisdiction of the United States. -
Greensboro, NC Sit-ins
Young black students sat at Woolworth’s lunch counter as a protest. -
Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)
Social equality for the Mexican-American society. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed
Formed to give younger blacks more of a voice in the civil rights movement. -
Freedom Riders
Activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated. -
Cesar Chavez
Helping workers who labored on farms for low wages. -
Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
Letter that defends the way that they were handling situations without violence. -
March on Washington: “I have a dream” speech
Speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington. -
24th Amendment
Prohibiting any poll tax in elections for federal officials. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This ended segregation in public places, no more discrimation when it came to jobs. -
March from Selma, Alabama
March to protest for civil rights. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Outlawed the voting that was discriminatory. -
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed
Equal rights for everyone, no matter the sex.
