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13th amendment
-United States
-Abolished Slavery
-This is important because it finally abolished slavery from America and ended one of the most inhumane act commited in American History. -
14th Amendment
-United States
-Gave former slaves more rights and followed up on issues the 13th amendment had
-This is important because the 13th amendment had many issues regarding segregation although it was supposed to fix it. -
15th amendment
-United States
-Fixed all issues in the 13th amendments
-This is important because it gave colored people the right to vote -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
-Louisiana
-Law stating blacks were seperate but equal
-This is important because it was a step in the right direction towards desegregation, however it was not a very large step because colored people were still seperated. -
Mendex vs Westminister
-Orange County, California
-Court case challenging segregation in California Schools
-This is important because it was a big step towards Brown vs Board of Education of 1954 -
Brown vs Board of Education
-Topeka, Kansas
-Desegregated U.S Public Schools.
-This is important because this has since then ruled out segregation in schools and was a big leap towards desegregating the public. -
Emmett Till
-Mississippi
-An 14 year old African-American who went to visit his cousin and was kidnapped, beaten, and killed for saying something to a white girl.
-This is important because it showed how cruel and inhumane white people were towards colored people in the South -
Rosa Parks
-Montgomery, Alabama
-Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white person in a designated sitting area for the whites on the public bus
-Caused the Montgomery Bus Boycott. -
Bus Boycott
-Montgomery, Alabama
-non-violent protest against segregation on public transportation
-This is important because it put an to segregation on busses -
Little Rock 9
-Little Rock, Arkansas
-9 high school students were stopped at the entrance of their school and werent allowed in by the national gaurd and every memeber of the KKK
-This is important because it shows what extremes the KKK will go to mistreat colored people of any age. -
Sit-ins
-North Carolina
-Four Students sat down at a designated eating area for whites and began a non violent protest
-This is important because it started the non-violent sit ins throughout the south which showed that colored people were united and strong. -
James Meridith
-Mississippi
-The first black student to try to enroll in the University of Mississippi
-This is important because President Kennedy sent troops to help him enroll showing that the president was involved in putting an end to segregation. -
March on Washington
-Washington D.C
-Non-Violent protest against segregation led by Civil Rights Leaders including Martin Luther King
-This is important because it was on of the most publicly televised events during the civil rights movement, because of this it caused more attention and changed many peoeple minds. -
24th Amendment
-Southern States
-Abolished poll taxes for colored people
-This is important because colored people no longer had to get approved or pay to vote. -
Civil Right Act
-United States
-Abolished discrimination against race, gender, color and religion.
-This is important because it ended segregation in the united states. -
Civil Rights Act
-United States
-followed up on the Civil Rights Act of 1964
-This was important because it ended discrimination when it came to a colored person buying a home.
