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13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment officially abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, exept as punishment for a crime. -
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Civil Rights In The United States
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The 14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment declared that former slaves were citizens and required that states provide everyone equal protection under the law. -
15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment guaranteed voting rights for citizens regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude (slavery) -
Plessy v. Ferguson
The decision made during Plessy v. Ferguson upheld the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal.""Separate but equal" remained standard doctrine in U.S. law until its repudiation in the 1954 Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education. -
The 19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment prohibited any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex. -
Executive Order of 1948
The Executive Order of 1948 abolished racial segregation in armed forces and established a committee to investigate and make recommendations to the civilian leadership of the military to implement the policy. -
Brown vs Board of Education
This trial led to the integration of public schools. -
Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks refused to obey the bus driver’s order that she give up her seat to make room for a white passenger. She was called "The first lady of civil rights” and "the mother of the freedom movement". -
Montgomery Bus Boykott
The Montgomery Bus Boykott was a political and social protest campaign that started in 1955 in Montgomery. It intended to oppose the city's policy of racial segregation on its public transit system. The boycott caused crippling financial deficit for the Montgomery public transit system, because the city's black population who were the principal boycotters were also the bulk of the system's paying customers. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
The Civil Rights Act of 1957 protected the right to vote by African Americans. -
24th Amendment
The 24th Amendment prohibited any poll tax in elections for federal officials. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed major forms of discrimination against African Americans and women, including racial segregation. It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at the workplace and by facilities that served the general public ("public accommodations") -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the U.S -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
The Civil Rights Act of 1968 provided for equal housing opportunities regardless of race, creed, or national origin
