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13th Amendment
Prohibited/ abolished slavery and involuntary servitude except punishment for a crime. -
14th Amendment
Granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to all African Americans and slaves -
15th Amendment
Prohibits federal government and each state from denying voting based on color, race, or previous servitude. -
Tuskegee Institute
On September 19th the Tuskegee institute held its first class by Booker T. Washington who was at the time the only teacher. The school was founded on July 4, 1881 for black students who legally were not able to attend other schools. -
Plessy v Ferguson
This case was a landmark in the U.S Supreme Court, contributed to the "separate but equal" doctrine. Homer Plessy, who described himself as seven- eighths Caucasian and one-eighth African American blood, refused to sit in the car for 'colored people' so he was then arrested and put in jail. Then May 18th, 1896 the court said that the 14th amendment only applies to political and civil rights not "social rights". But things would now be "separate and equal" -
NAACP creation
The National Association of Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights organization to advance justice for African American people. -
19th Amendment
Prohibits the states and federal government from denying the right to vote based on their sex. -
Desegregation of the armed forces
During World War II complaints were being made about African Americans being discriminated and President Roosevelt responded to them. He issued Executive Order 8802 directing that blacks be accepted into job training programs forbidding discrimination. -
Brown v Board of Education
This case ruled that racially segregated public facilities were legal as long as the facilities for the colored were equal as the other one. The Court ruled that they were being “deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the 14th Amendment.” -
Montgomery bus boycott
The Montgomery bus boycott began because Rosa Parks didn't give up her seat in the 'colored people' section of the bus to the white man who's section was full, Rosa was arrested. From December 5th to December 20th all African Americans refused to ride the bus. -
Voting rights act of 1957
This was an act to enforce the 15th amendment, all throughout the south African Americans have faced many voting obstacles like poll taxes, literacy test, etc. to keep them from voting. The violence that had started to erupt brought attention back to voting rights which caused President Johnson to pass this bill. -
Civil rights act of 1957
President Eisenhower signed the civil rights act 1957, this act took a greater role of protecting African American rights. -
Greensboro, North Carolina sit-in
Young African American students staged a sit-in at a segregated lunch counter and refused to leave when they were denied service. This movement spread through towns in the south, many were arrested for disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace. But this made a long lasting impact on many places to change their segregation policies. -
March on Washington- "I have a dream" speech
Martin Luther King Jr. delivered this speech in front of a crowd of about 250,00 people. Unlike all the other speakers Mr.King didn't have a written speech prepared. This was the largest ever gathering by a nations capital and soon became a signature moment of the civil rights movement -
24th Amendment
Prohibits congress and states from using poll taxes and other types of tax during voting. -
Civil rights act of 1964
This act ended segregation and banned employment discrimination of sex,religion, and, race. -
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March from Selma, Alabama
This march was from Selma, Alabama to the states capital Montgomery. about 25,000 people participated in this 50 mile march, demonstrators twice attempted to peacefully march but were stopped twice, once being violently by the police. These events led to a passage way in the Voting rights act of 1965. -
American Indian Movement
Founded in Minneapolis, MN this organization was for urban areas to address systematic issues of poverty and police brutality against Native Americans. -
Martin Luther King Jr. assassination
Martin Luther was assassinated April 4th in Memphis, TN. He was standing on a second floor balcony of a motel in Memphis when a sniper bullet struck him in his neck, he was rushed to a hospital and pronounced dead about an hour later. -
Equal rights amendment
The equal rights amendment was used to provide a legal equality for the sexes. This would also stop all discrimination of genders.
