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Civil Rights

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  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment
    The 13th amendment finally abolished and made slavery illegal in the United States.

  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment
    The 14th amendment stated that every person that was born in the United States, no matter race or gender. It also gave Africa Americans citizenship.

  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment
    This Amendment made it illegal for the federal and state government to deny people their right to vote. This was made due to black citizens being kept from voting by giving them illegal literacy test to be able to vote.

  • Plessy V Ferguson

    Plessy V Ferguson
    This was a constitution decision that stated that segregation was legal as long as everyone was treated equal and all facilities were equal. This came to be known as " separate but equal" .

  • NAACP

    NAACP
    The NAACP is a civil rights organization that helped colored people during the time of discrimination against them. It was mainly to help agains the injustice of black people.

  • 19th amendment

    This prevented states to deny the rich tot vote based on sex. It also began the Women's Suffrage movement ,which gave women the right vote.

  • Brown v Board

    Brown v Board
    This became a Supreme Court case in which the Court declared that the state laws establishing segregated public schools for black and white students was unconstitutional.

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott
    This was a political protest that went against the segregation in public transportation. This was a huge event in the Civil Rights movement.

  • 'I have a dream' Speech

    'I have a dream' Speech
    Speech said by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington in which he calls for an end to racism.

  • Civil Rights Act

    Civil Rights Act
    Period where the United States outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.

  • Voting Rights act

    Voting Rights act
    Signed into law by Lyndon B. Johnson which prohibited racial discrimination in voting.

  • Malcom X Assassination

    Malcom X Assassination
    Malcom was an activist for blacks rights. He was assassinated by a Nation of Islam members.

  • Loving V Virginia

    Loving V Virginia
    Two residents of Virginia, Mildred Jeter, a black woman, and Richard Loving, a white man, were married in the District of Columbia. later were charged for interacial marriage. This struck down all state laws banning interracial marriage.

  • MLK JR. Assassination

    MLK JR. Assassination
    American civil rights leader, was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee by James Earl Ray.

  • Equal Rights Amendment

    Equal Rights Amendment
    Was amendment to the United States Constitution made to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex.