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Hanna Mizerak Kiairra Cooper
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13th amendment
abolished slavery in the United States -
14th amendment
African Americans were given equal rights -
15th amendment
Gave African Americans the right to vote -
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Plessy vs. Ferguson
The Government said facilities could be segregated but had to be equal -
James Merideth vs. University of Mississippi
James Meredith had a court order allowing him to go to the University of Mississippi, but when he arrived to register the Governor refused to let him -
Brown vs. B.O.E
segregation in schools were ruled unconstitutional -
Rosa Parks arrest
Rosa Parks refused to give her bus seat to a white man and was arrested -
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Montgomery bus boycott
After Rosa Parks arrest African Americans stopped riding the bus and found other means of transportation, causing the busing business financial problems -
Freedom riders
9 African Americans who enrolled in Little Rock High School, they were escorted by the military ordered by the president to let the in to the school -
sit ins
A sit in was when African Americans sat in white peoples lunch tables and refused to get up, even though they were hit and had stuff thrown at them. -
¨I have a dream¨
MLK gave a speech in Washington D.C about Civil Rights for African Americans -
Civil rights act of 1964
Banned discrimination on race, color, religion & gender. -
Death of Malcolm X
Talmage X. Hayer killed Malcolm X, because he was denied involvement in Malcolm Xś movement. -
Death of MLK
James Earl Ray killed MLK just because he was racist -
Civil rights act of 1968
You couldnt refuse sale for housing to people because of their race, religion, or gender.
