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the 13th amendment ratified
abolishes slavery and indentured servitude -
14th ammendment ratified
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 ratified
gave every man the right to vote regardless of race or color -
plessy v ferguson
plessy wanted to use white facilites but the courts ruled the seprate but equal reasoning thus reslting in affirming slavery -
19th ammedment ratified
gave women the right to vote -
equal rights amendment
tried to make men and women equal in the court of law regarding civil disputes like divorce and employment -
Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)
mexican american civil rights movements. -
Executive Order 9981
truman's executive order to abolish segregation of the armed forces -
Brown v. Board of Education
brown wanted his daughter in an all white school but was denied and sued them he sued them. the courts ruled to end segregation of schools regardless if the school was equal in quality as others -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
a boycott of the montgomery public transport system to protest against the racial segregation of the public transpotation -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
a bill signed by president eisenhower it tried to protect individual voting rights and make it so those trying to infringe on those rights would be prosecuted -
Greensboro, NC Sit-ins
a protest against at a lunch counter where they would sit in the white part of the counter and protest the segregation of seats -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed
A group of student focusing on civil rights and protest the draft they coordinated many protest against the two items -
Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
highlighted the struggles the civil rights movement had to go through . -
March on Washington: “I have a dream” speech
helped move a lot of americans to outwardly support civil rights movement -
24th amendment
made it so there is no poll tax -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
outlaws discrimination based on sex color creed or where you came from -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
it made it so the municipal barriers to vote were gone -
MLK assassinated
assassination of the biggest leader in the civil rights unit -
Cesar chavez
part of chicano movement made the united farm labor association
