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1st civil rights act
The Civil Rights Act of 1866 declared all persons born in the United States to be citizens, "without distinction of race or color, or previous condition of slavery or involuntary servitude." -
14th amendment
granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States—including formerly enslaved people—and guaranteed all citizens “equal protection of the laws.” -
15th amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” The 15th Amendment guaranteed African-American men the right to vote. -
Plessy V ferguson
U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. -
NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights organization in the United States -
Women's suffrage amendment
allowed women the right to vote -
19th amendment
declares that “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. -
Shelley v. Kraemer
U.S. The Supreme Court held that courts could not enforce real estate covenants that restricted the purchase or sale of property based on race. -
Brown v. Board Of Education
a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are otherwise equal in quality. -
Rosa Parks
was a civil rights leader whose refusal to give up her seat to a white passenger on a segregated bus led to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. -
Civil rights act of 1964
prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin -
NOW
National Organization for Women was founded by a group of activists who wanted to end sex discrimination. -
Proposition 209--California
amended the state constitution to prohibit state governmental institutions from considering race, sex, or ethnicity. -
Green v. County School Board of New Kent County(CSBNKC)
as an important United States Supreme Court case involving school desegregation. Specifically, the Court dealt with the freedom of choice plans created to avoid compliance with the Supreme Court's mandate in Brown II in 1955. -
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
a landmark United States Supreme Court case dealing with the busing of students to promote integration in public schools. Apr 20 1971