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13th Amendment
abolished slavery in the United States -
14th amendment
Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law. The 14th amendment has become one of the most used amendments in court to date regarding the equal protection clause. -
15th Amendment
Granted African American men the right to vote -
Tuskegee Institute Created
Founded by Booker T. Washington, an institute of educational and job training
Gave African Americans academic programs and a place for a higher education -
Plessy V. Ferguson
Was a decision made by the Supreme Court that got rid of segregation laws for public places as long as the segregated places were equal in quality
Made the statement “separate but equal” -
NAACP
“The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People”
Secure equality of rights to eliminate discrimination and ensure the health and well-being of everyone -
19th Amendment
The government couldn’t deny a person the right to vote based on gender -
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed
Guarantee equal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex
They made it so everyone no matter what they look like can vote on any issue -
Executive Order 9981
Truman’s order to desegregate the military
Made it so everyone was able to serve in the military no matter what color they are -
Brown V. Board of Education
A little girl was denied entrance to an all-white elementary school
This brought up the “Separate but Equal” clause saying it’s not equal, Congress ended up desegregating schools -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
Social protest campaign against racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama
The first large-scale U.S. demonstration against segregation -
Little Rock 9
Nine students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school by Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus
The Nine created the Little Rock Nine Foundation to promote the ideals of justice and educational equality -
Greensboro, NC Sit-in
Civil rights protest that started in 1960, when young African American students staged a sit-in at a segregated Woolworth's lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina, and refused to leave after being denied service. -
Cesar Chavez
For Mexican Americans, this man was something of a counterpart of MLK. In this man's case, however, economic struggle in community organization and the labor movement shaped his approach to mobilizing society's disadvantaged. He worked for the Community Service Organization. He was one of the leading Mexican American civil rights and social justice activists of the 1960s. -
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Chicano Mural Movement
This was the equivalent of the Civil rights movement for Mexican Americans. This movement included student demonstrations to press for bilingual education, the hiring of more Chicano teachers, and the creation of Chicano studies programs. By the 1970s, dozens of such programs were offered at universities throughout the region. -
24th Amendment
prohibits both Congress and the states from telling people they couldn’t vote unless they made a payment of a poll tax or other types of tax -
Civil RIghts Act of 1964
Outlawed discrimination in public accommodations (any business open to the public) on basis of race, color, national origin, or religion-- upheld by the Supreme Court under the commerce clause. -
Thurgood Marshall appointed to the Supreme Court
The first African American Supreme Court justice, played a vital part in ending legal segregation during the Civil Rights Movement through the landmark 1954 case Brown v. Board of Education. -
MLK Assassinated
MLK was shot in Tennessee
His assassination led to an outpouring of anger among black Americans -
American Indian Movement (AIM)
American Indian advocacy group organized to address issues related to sovereignty, leadership, and treaties
Wanted independence for themselves
