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14th amendment
All American citizens have equal rights
(http://apushreconstructionproject.blogspot.com/2013/12/equal-protection.html) -
15th amendment
Gave blacks the right to vote
(https://ya-webdesign.com/explore/amendment-drawing-15th/) -
Tuskegee Institute created
Trained teachers and had students build their own houses and provide basic needs for themselves
(https://www.alabamapioneers.com/tuskegee-institute-was-started/) -
Plessy v Ferguson
Challenged the racial segregation for public places for equal . “separate but equal”
(https://study.com/academy/lesson/plessy-v-ferguson-impact-summary-quiz.html) -
NAACP (National Association of Colored People)
A group that pushed for justice for African Americans
(https://www.everythinglubbock.com/news/local-news/naacp-expected-to-file-complaint-against-lubbock-reports-discrimination/) -
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Cesar Chavez
Dedicated to helping farmers and helped find the United Farm Worker Union.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FCesar_Chavez&psig=AOvVaw0re-utD_zrdRFnyEnOP4lP&ust=1584481589977000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCNCXtan8n-gCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD) -
Executive Order 9981
The belief that there should be equality of treatment and opportunity for everyone in the war
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fhistoricaldiaries.com%2F2019%2F02%2F11%2Fthe-civil-rights-movement-president-truman-signs-executive-order-9981%2F&psig=AOvVaw3tUdljv_YAqkK3Pl2HO7yD&ust=1584477153801000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCLj1nZLsn-gCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAr) -
Brown v Board of Education
Challenged that public schools had to desegregate, even if they were equal in other ways
(https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/video/nettie-hunt-explains-the-supreme-courts-ruling-in-stock-video-footage/656228999) -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Blacks wouldn't take the bus because they were forced to the back of the bus. A was to protest segregation in the United States.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zinnedproject.org%2Fnews%2Ftdih%2Fboycott-prevails%2F&psig=AOvVaw2WdjQZrjghBpZy7HqY6B5L&ust=1584478010532000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCLDl3f_un-gCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAi) -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference formed (SCLC)
An African American civil rights organization that worked with MLK.
(https://mail.google.com/mail/?tab=im1&authuser=0) -
Little Rock 9
9 African American kid enrolled in Little Rock Central high school. This led to Little Rock Crisis.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.history.com%2Fnews%2Fthe-story-behind-the-famous-little-rock-nine-scream-image&psig=AOvVaw0rPjyXKs7e97FBEgTeYkpN&ust=1584479352294000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCMCriv_zn-gCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAv) -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
First federal civil rights law passed that provided protection for African Americans rights to vote
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fellabakercenter.org%2Fblog%2F2010%2F09%2F53-years-ago-today-civil-rights-act-of-1957-signed&psig=AOvVaw2rTr0wLMcJpw_9v7qErZC9&ust=1584479999668000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCKiM5rL2n-gCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAY) -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee formed (SNCC)
A group of black men to have a voice in the movement
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tes.com%2Flessons%2FVLCtYFWH7yQqJg%2Fs-n-c-c&psig=AOvVaw3fVJ4bSUxt06f_inETQf82&ust=1584480863370000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCOCI7tP5n-gCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAd) -
Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)
Many Mexican-Americans used walls on public builds and bridges to show their culture
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmultcolib.org%2Fblog%2F20150204%2Fmexican-muralism-painting-art-walls&psig=AOvVaw24jZyhLofn4FtLEe-Ydioq&ust=1584481068008000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCIjQkrf6n-gCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAD) -
Greensboro, North Carolina - Sit-ins
a series of non-violent protests for lunches. Sit-ins were successful and 4 years later, the supreme court passed the Civil Rights Act of 1957
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sutori.com%2Fitem%2Flunch-counter-sit-ins-1960-the-greensboro-sit-ins-were-a-series-of-nonviolent&psig=AOvVaw2Z0cguynpGSQ0E1ZeSo94z&ust=1584480226012000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCLiPoKX3n-gCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAr) -
Freedom Riders
Stopped riding the buses to desegregate transportation
(https://www.google.com/calendar?tab=ic1&authuser=0) -
Dr. King's: "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
Defends racism in a non-violent way. Written by Dr. Martian Luther Kings Jr
(https://translate.google.com/?hl=en&tab=iT1&authuser=0) -
Equal Rights Amendments (ERA) proposed
Gave equal rights to all Americans citizens, regardless of gender or race.
(https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.brut.media%2Fus%2Fnews%2Fwill-equal-rights-amendment-finally-pass--3d4db541-59a5-4099-ba9b-3c67fa0d1c4b&psig=AOvVaw39hqPtbSxs8WIn02nE3st0&ust=1584477006918000&source=images&cd=vfe&ved=0CAIQjRxqFwoTCOjXvKjrn-gCFQAAAAAdAAAAABAO)
