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Civil Rights Act of 1866
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 allowed anyone born in the United States to be an American citizen -
Civil Rights Act of 1868
The 14th amendment gave black people equal protection under the law -
Civil Rights Act of 1870
The 15th amendment granted black American men the right to vote -
Civil rights act of 1875
Affirmation of equality to allow all people to enjoy public amusement and transportation and public schooling -
Women's suffrage movement of 1920
The 19th amendment legally granted women the right to vote -
Executive order 8802
It opened national defense jobs and other government jobs to all Americans regardless of race, creed, color or national origin -
Executive order 9981
President Harry Truman initiated a civil rights agenda, and in 1948 to end discrimination in the military -
Rosa park
Segregation laws at the time stated Black passengers must sit in designated seats at the back of the bus, and Parks had complied.When a white man got on the bus and couldn’t find a seat in the white section at the front of the bus, the bus driver instructed Parks and three other Black passengers to give up their seats. Parks refused and was arrested. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating
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Little Rock Nine
Nine Black students, known as the Little Rock Nine, arrived at Central High School to begin classes but were instead met by the Arkansas National Guard and a screaming, threatening mob. The Little Rock Nine tried again a couple of weeks later and made it inside, but had to be removed for their safety when violence ensued. -
Freedom Riders
Seven Black and six white activists–mounted a Greyhound bus in Washington, D.C. embarking on a bus tour of the American south to protest segregated bus terminals. They were testing the 1960 decision by the Supreme Court in Boynton v. Virginia that declared the segregation of interstate transportation facilities unconstitutional. -
March on Washington
It was organized and attended by civil rights leaders such as A. Philip Randolph, Bayard Rustin and Martin Luther King Jr. More than 200,000 people of all races congregated in Washington, D. C. for the peaceful march with the main purpose of forcing civil rights legislation and establishing job equality for everyone -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin -
Assassination of civil leader
Former Nation of Islam leader and Organization of Afro-American Unity founder Malcolm X was assassinated at a rally. -
Bloody Sunday
The civil rights movement in Alabama took an especially violent turn as 600 peaceful demonstrators participated in the Selma to Montgomery march to protest the killing of Black civil rights activist Jimmie Lee Jackson by a white police officer and to encourage legislation to enforce the 15th amendment. They were blocked by Alabama state and local police, Wallace, a vocal opponent of desegregation, Refusing to stand down, protesters moved forward and were viciously beaten. -
Voting Right Acts of 1965
The new law banned all voter literacy tests and provided federal examiners in certain voting jurisdictions. It also allowed the attorney general to contest state and local poll taxes. -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination
Civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize recipient Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on his hotel room's balcony. Emotionally-charged looting and riots followed, putting even more pressure on the Johnson administration to push through additional civil rights laws. -
Fair Housing Act of 1968
It prevented housing discrimination based on race, sex, national origin and religion. It was also the last legislation enacted during the civil rights era. -
1977 Conference on Women's Rights
Conservative leader Phyllis Schlafly launched a movement whose goals protecting women's place as homemakers, fighting against abortion, and limiting government welfare and social support -
Ronald Reagan
Reagan promised to undo the gains of the 1960s. He even began his campaign with a speech against civil rights in Philadelphia, Mississippi. This small town was famous because three civil rights activists in their twenties James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner were murdered there in 1964.