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Dred Scott Case
Declared that all blacks; Free or slaves; Could not or ever become citizens of the United States -
Emancipation Proclamation
All People held as slaves within the rebellious states are and henceforth shall be free. -
13th Amendment
This abolished slavery in the United States. -
15th Amendment
Guaranteeing the right for all citizens to vote. -
Civil Rights Act
Guarantees Blacks equal rights in transportation, restaurant/inns, Theaters, and juries. -
14th amendment
Guaranteeing equal protection rights to all citizens. -
Women’s right to vote
Colorado becomes the first state to allow women the right to vote. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Laws requiring racial segregation, as long as those laws did not allow for separate accommodation. -
NAACP
The National Association for the advancement of Colored people was founded. -
American civil rights union was founded
Organization made to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country. -
Bobby Greenlease
Bobby Greenlease was abducted and murdered for an ransum from the owner of General Motors because bobby was their son. -
Brown v. Board of education of Topeka
This ended legal segregation in public schools. -
Montgomery bus boycott
Rosa Parks refuses to move to the back of the bus, resulting in her arrested. This resulted in a city wide boycott on the bus system. -
The Hate that Hate Produced aired
Lomax conducted interviews with the Islamic leaders and filmed some of its events. -
Greensboro, NC Lunch Counter Sit-Ins
In protest of the restaurants that denied the service of african americans, a series of sit-ins are staged at lunch counters. -
Albany Movement
A campaign to help eliminate segregation to local places. -
Bailey v. Patterson
A court case the declares that segregation in public transportation is unconstitutional. -
Bailey vs. Patterson
Demands that segregation of transportation system is wrong. -
Equal Pay act
Requiring employers to pay employees the same equal amounts for equal amounts of work regardless whether they are male or female. -
Voting Rights act of 1965
Restricts the discriminations of the rights to vote. -
March on Washington
it was a political rally at the capital they were marching for freedom and jobs (Martin Luther King jr. gave his I have a dream speech at this rally) -
First black student to enroll in university
James Meredith was the first black student to enroll in the university of Mississippi. -
3 Civil rights Activists found dead
Three Civil rights activists were found dead next to a small dam in philadelphia, mississippi. They were killed by the KKK. -
Mississippi Summer Freedom Project
Civil rights workers seek to register blacks to vote are killed killed and many black homes and churches are burned. National outrage helps pass civil rights legislation. -
Edgar Ray Killen
Minister who killed three civil rights activists in the bayou of mississippi, was found guilty and was arrested in 2005. -
Malcolm X Assassinated
He emphasized black rights, black self determinations, and black self defence. Three Nation of islam members killed him. Known for some of the most influential nonfiction books of the 20th century. -
Bloody Sunday
A shooting and beating of black protester by Alabama soldiers. -
Selma montgomery march
Martin Luther King Started a 54-mile march to stand up for African american voting rights. -
Watts riot
Drunk driver car crash happened. Police arrived that led for a crowd to form when the police left then a riot began lasting 6 days long and millions and millions worth of damage. -
Black Panthers Party Founded
Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the political party that beliefs -
Loving v. Virginia
Prohibiting interracial marriage is unconstitutional. -
Age of Discrimination of Employment act
Prohibits employers from discriminating workers who are 40 years or older, based on age. -
Interracial marriage
Interracial marriage is revised in six states. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Finding a solution to the problem of discrimination of housing based on color, sex, national origin, or religion. -
Equal Rights Amendment
Allows equal rights for everyone including different genders. -
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
Landmark US Supreme Court Case, dealing with the Busing of students to promote integration in public schools. -
Congressional black caucus
Its an organization that represent black congress, exclusive to African Americans. -
Age of Discrimination Act
Prohibits discrimination on different ages during an event. -
Roots aired
Most watched mini series in history. Based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel in the roots series. -
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
A white male that that sued the school for reverse discrimination. -
Pregnancy discrimination act
The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 prohibits employment discrimination against female workers who are Pregnant, in such ways as hiring, failure to promote, and wrongful termination. -
Air carrier act
Prohibits discrimination on those with disabilities, allowing them to travel on flights. -
Americans with Disabilities Act
This law protected Americans with disabilities from discrimination from work places, public places. -
American disabilities act (ADA)
Protects people with disabilities from discrimination from employment, education, etc. -
Family and Medical Leave Act
This Act. protect employee the right to leave work to take care of their child. -
Family and Medical leave act.
Gives the worker the right to take time off work in order to take care of a newborn or an ill family member. -
Kony 2012
Joseph Kony is a human trafficking that takes kids and make them soldiers for him. -
Trayvon Martin
George Zimmerman, a hispanic mix man, shot and killed an African American 17 year old. -
Shelby County v. Holder
Shelby County v. Holder was court case where of section 4 of the voting rights Act, in the formula for congress to use when deciding whether a state is required to for approval before changing its voting laws. -
19th Amendment
Gives women the right to vote in all states.
