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The Ratification of the 13th, 14th, & 15th Amendment (Constitutional Law/Issue-Yellow)
These laws were added to the Constitution after the Civil War and the Emancipation Proclamation. The 13th Amendment made the enslavement of people unconstitutional (abolished slavery). The 14th Amendment granted American-born citizens equal rights and unalienable freedom in the United States. And the 15th Amendment gave all US citizens the right to vote in all elections nationally. This granted now African-American citizens with new rights and new lives in the country. -
Tuskegee Institution Created (Event-Red)
The creation of the Tuskegee Institution was the fist college that allowed African-American citizen a way to become educated members of society. It was the first HBCU of the united states, which meant it was a colored school that allowed them to learn to become doctors, educators, or lawyers for the communities and country. -
Plessy V. Ferguson (Constitutional Law/Issue-Yellow)
The Plessy V. Ferguson was a court case that created the policy 'separate, but equal'. Meaning that Black Americans would get the same things as White Americans, but not given in the same condition like the other side had. This was a way that the government could legally discriminate and segregate whites and blacks in the country. -
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National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) created (Groups-Green)
The NAACP was created to help and ensure colored citizens economic, social and political help. This group, although old, still helps people of color in present day time. When ever there is a social problem facing discrimination of crime against a race, or a person's color or ethnicity. -
Equal Rights Amendment Ratified (Constitutional Law/Issue-Yellow)
The ratification of the ERA meant that women could now vote in US elections. But just because women could now vote it still didn't mean that everyone could vote. Because of Jim Crow laws African-American women and men weren't able to vote in any elections. This was a way to discriminate against the African-American group as a whole. -
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Chicano Mural Movement (Groups-Green)
The Chicano Mural Movement was lead by Oscar Zeta Acosta. This movement was based off the idea of chicanismo, which means that helping shape the social and cultural standing of Mexican-Americans in the US. They fought for the freedom and the rights of their people in the states in order to be treated like true citizen in a country that saw them as foreigners. -
Executive Order 9981 (Constitutional Law/Issue-Yellow)
Executive Order 9981, which was issued by Harry Truman, abolished discrimination in the military branches. Which meant that the army was now desegregated, and that all men of any color could join in the fight for their country. -
Brown V. Board of Education (Constitutional Law/Issue-Yellow)
The case of Brown V. Board was a supreme court case that desegregated white schools and allow all colors to integrate into the school. This allowed colored kids to go to any school no matter the color of their skin or the language they spoke. -
The Rise of Malcom X (People-Blue)
Malcom X, the second leading of the Civil Right Movement. His message was very different than the message of Dr. King. His belief that was 'by any means necessary'. Meaning that if the government and the police and that believe in the social difference of African-Americans decided to hit them with fire power, then they were allowed to fire back. This one phrase raised his popularity, even higher than Dr. Martin Luther King's own leading over the group. -
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Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed (Groups-Green)
The formation of the Student Coordinating Committee was made of young black and white students that wanted to fight for their beliefs of social equality. They put their lives on the front fighting for what they believed they. They were brutalized, killed, and arrested for their protest.
The demonstrations they were played huge parts in were the Freedom Rides, the March on Washington, the Sit-ins, Watts Riots, Civil Right and Voting Rights Act, Bus Boycott, and Brown V. Board of Education. -
The Rise of Cesar Chavez (People-Blue)
Cesar Chavez helped unionize the Mexican-American work force, which were the workers and the farmers. His movement was aimed to get better working conditions and more pay for their labor. One of the biggest things they fought against were the grape farms in California state -
"I Have A Dream" Speech Delivered at Lincoln Memorial
The purpose of this speech was to expose the unjust of the racial inequality in American. And to persuade all that they needed to ban together and stop the process of discrimination of people based on the color of their skin. -
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Letter from Birmingham (Event-Red)
Dr.King's Letter from Birmingham was staple moment in the Civil Rights Movement was to defend the nonviolent fight against society's rule as a stand against racism. That people are responsible for this unjust and they must fight to fix this major mistake before it get worst for people like him. People of color. And for those that support his cause-whether white of black- to stand up for what they believed in. -
Civil Rights Act (Constitutional Law/Issue-Yellow)
The Civil Rights Act eliminated all laws that discriminated against and segregate people of color from places. Now people of all colors could live their lives as equal as their white counterparts could. No longer 'separate, but equal' -
March on Selma (Event-Red)
In Selma, Alabama, Dr. King and his followers did two march on Selma. It took them two days to complete this march. And that was because the first day they were attacked by the police with their dogs and their toxic gas. The message of marching was suppose to be towards the government. That they would keep marching until they were given the right to vote. -
Voting Rights Act (Constitutional Law/Issue-Yellow)
The Voting Right Act of 1965 signed by Lyndon B. Johnson was aimed to destroy laws like the Jim Crow laws so then African-American could vote. Like how it said in the 15th amendmant. -
Assassination of Malcolm X (Event-Red)
He was killed during on of his speech. His movement was seen as too powerful, so by taking him down, people believe it slow down the movement. But in real life, it sent waves down the path. It increased the following of the Civil Rights Movement, and groups like SNCC were popping up, putting their lives on the line in order to gain freedom for their people in a country that hated them because of the color they were born into. -
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Black Panther Party created (Groups-Green)
The Black Panther Party was created in order to promote black nationalism, socialism, and defense in White America. This meant to be armed in case White America decided to go out and kill Blacks in the streets. White America saw this group as a threat to their society. They were commercialized as a radical group to the public by the government. They were brought to be a 'national threat' to the country. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. (Event-Red)
The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. was seen as a light going out in the movement. Many people were anger and outraged about his death. But with his death and wrath of the people, it forced the government to speed many social laws to help end segregation in the nation. -
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American Indian Movement (AIM) created (Groups-Green)
The creation of the American Indian Movement was to fight for the rights, land, and the equality of Native American, whose group has always been mistreated since the beginning of the country. It gained much attention by the people, and gained much traction which allowed them to gain many rights as a social group movement.
