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13th Amendment (G)
abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, with the exception of it being b/c of a punishment or crime. -
14th Amendment (G)
Granted citizenship and equal civil and ideal rights to African Americans and slaves, who had been emancipated after the American civil war. -
15th Amendement (G)
Prohibited the federal government in each sate from denying a citizens the right to vote based on the citizens race. -
Plessy v. Ferguson (G)
The case began when African American man, Homer plessy refused to sit in the car for blacks while riding the train. The U.S supreme court created and upheld the separate but equal doctrine. -
NAACP Created (G)
Founded by a group of African Americans. The mission was to service the political, educational, social, and economic equality in order to eliminate the discrimination -
19th Amendment (A)
Gave women the right to vote and get into the government. The rights of citizens of the U.S to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the united states on accounts of their sex. -
Chicano Movement (1940 - 1970) (R)
Civil Rights movement extending the mexican - American civil rights movement. The mural movement was an art movement where artists would use walls in public to depict Mexican - American people. Demonstrated pride and advocated for political and social equality for mexican - Americans. -
Executive Order 9981 (G)
Issued by the president Truman who abolished all discrimination against people on the basis of race, color, religion or origin in the Armed Forces. Led to the end of segregation in all military services -
Brown v, Board of Education (G)
Racial segregation in public school was ruled a violation of the 14th amendment to the constitution. Denys state from not allowing equal protection of the laws. Ruled that schools should be integrated from then. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott (G)
Political and social protest against racism in the public transit system of montgomery, Al. After other African Americans got arrested for not moving, they avoided the bus, harming them financially. -
SLCC (G)
An African American Civil Rights organization which was U.S plan to get rid of segregation and promoted the goals to social equality. Huge role in civil rights movement. -
Little Rock Nine (G)
After schools became integrated, nine African American schools enrolled in Little Rock High School. It lead to the little rock crisis which students were initially prevented from entering. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957 (G)
The first civil rights legislation passed by the U.S supreme court. It established the civil rights section of the justice department and empowered federal prospectors to obtain in court instructions against interference with the right to vote. -
SNCC founded (April 1960) (G)
Founded by African American people, the SNCC, or student involvement coordinating committee was the principals channel to the civil rights movement, which gave younger African Americans more freedom from segregation -
Freedom Riders (G)
Civil Rights Activists who rode interstate buses into segregated southern U.S states to challenge the supreme court and segregation. -
24th Amendment (G)
Prohibits conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of poll taxes. exemplified that "Jim Crow Laws" were being taken down. Poll taxes aimed at the disenfranchise black voters and institutes segregation.` -
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (G) (A)
Outlawed discrimination practices based on race, color, gender, or origin. Part of the 14th Amendment, prohibited application of voter registration, racial segregation in schools and all public accommodation. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965 (G)
Signed by president Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to break legal barriers that prevented African Americans to vote. It outlawed discriminatory voting practices including literacy test before voting. -
MLK Assassination (G)
Martin Luther King was shot and killed and memphis tennessee. Angered many African Americans created violence within protests. -
Equal rights Amendment (A)
Founder of National women's party, Alice Paul introduced the equal rights amendment to congress. Proposed to the U.S government that they guarantee equal legal rights for ALL americans regardless of sex.
