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Seneca Falls Convection
The 1st Women’s Suffrage Amendment was
introduced in Congress, but was defeated at the Seneca Falls Convection -
14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment gave African American as well as enslaved people citizenship. Passed by senate on 07/08/1866 and ratified on 07/09/1868 -
15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment gave African Men the right to vote. Passed by congress on 2/26/1869 and ratified on 2/3/1870 -
Plessy v. Ferguson
A court case in which was ruled that if or when black and whites where seperated, both facilities must be equal or the same. -
NAACP
A civil rights organization that strive for African-Americans rights was created after a riot in 1908 that was racially motivated -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment gave Women the right to vote. Passed by congress on 6/4/1919 and ratified on 8/18/1920 -
Shelley v. Kraemer
A neighborhood had was color restricted and an African American family decided to move in but where prevented. In court it was decided that restrictive boundaries only violated the 14th Amendment if they sought judicial enforcement. -
Brown v. Board of Education
This case ruled that separation of schools based on race was in violation of the 14th Amendment equal protection clause. This case ended segregation in schools. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
One day Rosa Parks decided not to give up her seat to a white man which led to her arrest. This led to a lot of african americans refusing to ride any bus which was also known as The Montgomery Bus Boycott. -
Civil Right´s Act
This act made segregation in any area illegal. It also protected the rights of any race, color, religion, and sex. -
NOW
The National Organization for Women was founded in 1966 and was form to end discrimination based of someone's sex. -
Green v. County School Board of New Kent County
There where 2 schools in New Kent County. They were both segregated schools until after the case of board v. the board of education. The district allowed students to choose which school to attend. Most of the school stayed segregated with the exception of a handful of african american kids. Parents taught that the school still had a barrier of segregation. In court it was ruled that the district's freedom of choice did not do enough to remove the segregation barrier. -
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
Even though segregation in schools was banned, there was little progress in desegregating them. Once this case reached the supreme court for a way to solve this problem, they came up with 4 solutions. One of them where that having unordinary guidelines whilst busing children to schools were banned. -
Proposition 209 – California
The law stated that you cannot be discriminated nor be privileged based of your race, sex, color, ethnicity, or natural origin in public employment, education, and contracting.