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13th Amendment
This amendment formally abolished slavery in the United States when it was passed on April 8th, 1864 -
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
Passed on Feb 26th, 1869 by Congress which gave African American males the right to vote. -
Tuskegee Institute created
Founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881 from the Alabama Legislature that was there to help train teachers in Alabama and help train African Americans in Agriculture and Industry. Not only did it train them educationally but also learn how to fly which would promote the economic progress of their race. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
A case in which the supreme court ruled “equal but separate” public accommodations for blacks and whites did not violate the 14th amendment -
NAACP created
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored people, founded in 1909 to fight prejudice, lynching, and Jim crow laws and for the betterment for the African American race -
19th Amendment
Guaranteed women the right to constitutionally vote. The two leading Women were Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B Anthony. -
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed
This Amendment states that all Right proposed apply to all people regardless of their sex. -
Cesar Chavez
He was a prominent union leader and labor organizer who joined the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee in its first strike against grape growers in California.Later they became the United Farm Workers -
Executive Order 9981
It abolished discrimination based race, color, religion or national origin in the United States armed forces. -
Brown v. Board of Education
The US supreme court ruled that the US state laws established racial segregation in public school are unconstitutional even if segregated schools could appear to be “equal” -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed
civil rights group form to give the younger blackForm to give the younger blacks A voice in the civil rights movement. This became one of the movements most radical branches. This was founded by Ella Baker -
Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)
This movement began with artists using the walls of city buildings, housing projects, schools, and churches to depict Mexican-American culture. -
Freedom Riders
These people were civil rights activists who rode buses into the segregated south to challenge the US Supreme Court decisions of Morgan v Virginia. Which ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional -
24th Amendment
This amendment prohibited any poll tax in elections for federal officials. Since some time ago citizens had to pay a fee to vote in national elections, this law canceled that out. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This civil rights and labor law in the US outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. It helped in schools, employment, and public accommodations -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Lyndon B. Johnson aimed to overcome legal barriers that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote (guaranteed under the 15th amendment). -
Black Panthers
This was a revolutionary political organization founded by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton in California. The ideology was of black nationalism, socialism, and armed self - defense -
MLK assassinated
MLK was an American activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement until he was assassinated by firearm. -
American Indian Movement (AIM)
This Native American grassroots movement was initially formed to address issues of poverty and police brutality against Native Americans.
