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The First Civil Rights Act
All people born in the United States are citizens -
14th amendment
It granted citizenship, equal civil and legal rights to African American. -
15th amendment
The citizens of the United States have the right to vote regardless of race and cannot be taken away by the state or federal government. -
Women's Suffrage Amendment was defeated
The women having more of a chance to do what the men did without discrimination. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
The case that told is was ok to keep things separated but they had to be equal -
NAACP
National Association for Colored People advances justice for African Americans. -
19th amendment
Cannot deny the right to vote based on sex -
Brown v. Board of Education
Ruled segregation is unconsitutional -
Shelley v. Kraemer
Struck down racially restrictive housing covenants. -
Rosa Parks
She refused to give up her seat because she believed she had a rights too. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlawed discrimination based on color, race, religion, sex, nationality -
NOW formed
National Organization for Women is a feminist group -
Green v. County School Board of New Kent County
Court case dealing with the freedom of choice -
Swann v. Charlotte Mecklenburg Board of Education
Busing of students to promote integration -
Proposition 209 - California
Prohibited state governmental institutions from considering race, sex, or ethnicity in the workplace, public contracting, or pubic education.