Civil Rights in America

Civil Disobidience

Oct 10, 1849

The refusal to obey laws or orders from the government.

13th Amendment

Jan 31, 1865

Abolished slavery.

Black Codes

Oct 9, 1865

Laws passed which restricted rights for African Americans.

14th amendment

Jul 9, 1868

Grants citizenship to anyone born in the United States.

15th Amendment

Feb 3, 1870

Prohibits government from denying citizens the right to vote based on race.

Jim Crow Laws

Oct 10, 1877

Laws enforced segregation in the Southern states. Lasted from the 1880s to the 1960s.

Plessy v Ferguson

Jun 21, 1896

This case set up "seperate but equal" ideals for schools

19th Amendment

Aug 18, 1920

Allows US citizens the right to vote, regardless of gender.

20th amendment

Jan 23, 1933

It states who will succeed the president if he/she were to be assassinated.

Federal Housing Authority

Jun 28, 1934

It sets standards for construction and underwriting and insures loans made by banks and other private lenders for home building.

Brown v Ferguson

Jan 18, 1950

Approved by Earl Warren. The Brown v Board of Education case helped desegregation in public schools to all grades.

Sharecropping / Tenant Farming

Oct 10, 1950

When labor was used to gain crops and the people doing the cropping would get a portion of it.

Nonviolent Protest

Dec 12, 1950

Protests that did not involve violence.

Desgregation

Oct 10, 1955

Process used to end segregation.

Rosa Parks

Dec 1, 1955

African American who did not give up her seat in a Montgomery bus to a white person. Helped start the Civil Rights Movement.

Montgomery Bus Boycott

Feb 19, 1956

African Americans refused to use the bus and made their own system and way of transportation.

Civil Rights Act of 1957

Sep 9, 1957

Primarily a voting rights bill, was the first civil rights legislation passed by Congress in the United States since the 1866 and 1875 Acts.

Sit-ins

Feb 1, 1960

A form of non-violent protest where people would sit in public service places until they got served.

Orville Faubus

Oct 10, 1960

American politician who served as the Governor of Arkansas.

Affirmative Action

Oct 10, 1960

Intended to provide equal oppurtuniy to the minority groups.

Head Start

Oct 10, 1960

Was intended to provide equal oppurtunities to the parents of the minority groups.

Betty Friedan

Feb 4, 1963

American writer, activist, and femininst. Leading figure in the US Women Movement.

24th amendment

Jan 23, 1964

The 24th amendment banned the poll tax.

Civil Rights Act of 1964

Oct 10, 1964

Rights passed that prohibited discrimination upon sex or race.

Veteran Rights Act of 1965

Aug 6, 1965

Aug 6 1965 landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.

Upward Bound

Nov 8, 1965

Federally funded educational program within the United States.

Martin Luther King Jr

Apr 4, 1968

Was the leader of the African American Civil Rights movement. Widley known for his "I have a dream" speech.

Lynching

Oct 9, 1968

The term used for the public executions due to mobs.

Lester Madox

Oct 10, 1970

American politician who was the 75th Governor of Georgia. He did not want to allow African Americans into his restraunt even though he had to.

26th amendment

Mar 10, 1971

Modified a portion of the 14th amendment, states that any citizen of age 18 or older can vote.

Title IX(9)

Oct 10, 1972

No person in the US will be denied participation under any education system based off of their gender.

Thurgood Marshall

Jan 24, 1993

Served in the United States Supreme Court as the first African American Justice.

Cesar Chavez

Apr 23, 1993

An american farmer and civil rights activist. His civil right acts were towards Hispanics.

Hector P.Garcia

Jul 26, 1996

Mexican-American physician, surgeon, World War II veteran, civil rights advocate.

George Wallace

Sep 13, 1998

American politician and the 45th Governor of Alabama, having served two nonconsecutive terms and two consecutive terms as a Democrat.