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13th Amendment
Formally abolished slavery, drew boundary lines for the civil war. -
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
Outlawed the prevention of voting on the basis of color, religion, or past servitude. Did NOT clear anything for women. -
Tuskegee Institute created
Founded by Lewis Adams and booker t, this was one of the first places blacks could go to receive higher education when it wasn't offered anywhere else. -
Plessy V. Ferguson
This was the ⅛ train ride that led to the court decision of separate but equal. This meant that segregation was legalized and it led to a further rooting of segregation in the south. -
NAACP created
Founded by web dubois and many others to advance the circumstances of all colored folk. -
19th Amendment
WOMEN CAN VOTEEEEEE. This amendment outlawed denial of right to vote based on sex. -
ERA Proposed
Essentially it was an unratified amendment that would outlaw legal rights based on gender and allow women more opportunities. -
Executive order 9981
Abolished discrimination in the armed forces and led to further advancement. -
Brown V Board
eliminated separate but equal ONLY IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS. -
Montgomery Bus boycott
In order to boycott the racial discrimination on public transport, african americans largely boycotted the busses and built their wn network for transportation in an attempt to stop discrimination. -
SCLC formed
Associated with MLK, it was basically a civil rights organization in Alabama led by MLK. -
Little rock 9
9 kids enrolled at little rock high in arkansas. They had to be escorted in by the national guard. -
Civil rights act of 1957
created the commission of civil rights to ensure protection of civil rights -
Greensboro Sit ins
nonviolent protests that consisted of sitting at spots, waiting to be served until they were. -
SNCC formed
helped to organize the freedom riders, the rest of their ideas are outlined in their names. -
Chicano youth movement
Basically a movement based around latin empowerment and civil rights, they made a lot of murals. -
Freedom Riders
Civil rights people who rode busses around the deep south to try and spread the word of freedom and equality. It didn’t always end well. -
Cesar Chavez
Cesar was a man who’s primary contribution to civil rights was being the co-founder of the NFWA, a farmers work union based around providing rights to the many workers with no voice. -
MLK's Letter From Birmingham Jail
An open letter from jail that talked about the many nonviolent methods he subscribed to, as well as the state of segregation things were in.
