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13th Ammendment
Banished Slavery in the United States completely -
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
Gave African American men the right to vote -
NAACP created
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), is an organization who works for the political, educational, social and economic equality, in order to eliminate race inequality -
19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote -
Brown v. Board of Education
This court case made it against the law, to have racial segregation in schools, in all states of the United States. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This event was a boycott by many people, mostly blacks in the city of Montgomery, Alabama, of public transportation in the city. The boycott lasted for over a year and is considered one of the most important events of the civil rights movement. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
This Act was passed in order to further secure and protect the civil rights of persons in the United States. -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate busses into the segregated south, in protest to the non-enforcement of the supreme court decision in Morgan v. Virginia, who stated that segregated busses were unconstitutional -
Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
Is an open letter written by MLK from Birmingham Jail, in which he defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism -
March on Washington: “I have a dream” speech
The purpose of the march was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans and “I have a dream” was a speech held by Martin Luther King jr. during the march -
24th Amendment
This amendment prohibited any poll tax in elections for federal officials, in order to eliminate discrimination of voters. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin, when hiring new people for labor -
March from Selma, Alabama
Three protest marches, along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama, to the state capital of Montgomery. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War -
Black Panthers
A revolutionary political organization founded by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton -
MLK assassinated
Martin Luther King was assassinated by James Earl Ray, at a motel in Memphis Tennessee. -
American Indian Movement (AIM)
A Native American grassroots movement formed in urban areas to address systemic issues of poverty and police brutality against Native Americans -
Sandra Day O’Connor appointed to the Supreme Court
Sandra Day O’Connor was the first women to serve at the supreme court -
Sonia Sotomayor appointed to the Supreme Court
Sonia Sotomayor was the first Hispanic and Latina Justice to serve the supreme court.
