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13th Amendment
It offically ended slavery once the 13th amendent has gotten ratifed -
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. -
15 Amendment
the 15th amendent give african american men the right to vote. It got ratified on Feburary 3, 1870 and then ended up getting passeds by congress on February 26, 1869 -
Tuskegee Institute created
Founded by booker T washington established a normal school for colored teachers provided students with academic and vocational training -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Supreme court landmark decision. it had established racial segregation in public facilites. as long as the segregated facilites were very much equal. -
19th amendment
Right to vote should not be denied on the account of sez women get the right to vote -
Executive Order 9981
President truman abolished discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion or national orgin in the military -
Brown v. Board of Education
integrated public schools. overturns plessy v. ferguson -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This was a civil rights protest and it was when african american men refused to ride the city buses in Alabama and then proteted against it. - rosa parks -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed
SCLC is an african american civil rights organization. Their significance is that they wanted to expand the cause of civil rights in america in a non voilent manner- mlk -
Little Rock 9
a group of 9 african americans who enrolled in an all white hikgh school in arkansas. president eisenhower uses the national guard to protect students entry into the school -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
it was the federal civil rights legislation passed by the us congress. it was important because it set the president for increased federal responsibility in protecting african americans -
Greensboro, NC Sit-ins
it was a series of non violent protests in north carolina in july of 1960. it led the woolworth department store chain remove their policy of racial segregation in the south. protesting racial segregation -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed
they were also a civil rights group formed to give younger blacks more voice. they ended up playing a big part in freedom rides. which was about segregating the buses and also in the marches organized by mlk -
Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)
began when the mexican american barrios tfhrough the southwest. the artists used city buildings, schools, and housing projects to dpeict their mexican american culture. it was importan, because their mural paintings by the community members showed their process of creativity by discussing their history and goals -
Freedom Riders
civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern U.S. challenged and protest local laws that ignored integration -
Cesar Chavez
he was the organizer of migrant American farmworkers and the co founder of NFWA in 1962 with Dolores Huerta. He was important because he was an advocate for farm workers rights in America. he dedicated his life to improving working conditions of the migrant farmers. -
Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
It was written in April16, 1963 and the letter defended strategies of nonviolent resistance to racism. The letter was important because it served as a reproducible account of the long road to freedom in a movement that was largely centered around actions and spoken words -
24th Amendment
The 24th amendment forbids the prevention of citizens from voting due to the non payment of poll tax, The amendment was important because african americans were faced with so much discrimination and they were not allowed to vote for elected officials that would work to end -
March from Selma, Alabama
MLK led thousands of nonviolent demonstrators to Montgomery, Alabama where local African Americans had been campaigning for voting rights
