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13th Amendment
Abolished slavery and involuntary service, with the exception of it being due to a crime or punishment. -
14th Amendment
Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law. The 14th amendment has become one of the most used amendments in court to date regarding the equal protection clause. -
15th Amendment
Prohibited the federal government in each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on the citizens race. -
Plessy V Ferguson
The case began when an African American man, Homer Plessy refused to sit in the car for blacks while riding the train. The US Supreme Court created and upheld the separate but equal doctrine. -
NAACP Created
Founded by a group of Mexican Americans. The mission was to secure the political, educational, social, and economic equality in order to eliminate discrimination. -
19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote and get a ray in the gov. “The right of citizens of the US to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States on account of sex. -
Chicano Movement
Civil Rights movement extending the Mexican-American civil rights movement. The mural movement was an art movement where artists would use walls in public to depict Mexican-American people. -
Executive Order 9981
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Brown V Board of Education
Racial segregation in public schools was ruled a violation of the 14th amendment to the Constitution. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Political and social protests against racism in the public transit system of Montgomery, AL. After other African Americans got arrested for not moving, they avoided the bus, harming them financially. -
SCLC Formed
An African American civil rights organization which was used to get rid of segregation and promote the goals of social equality. Huge role in civil rights movement -
Little Rock Nine
After schools become integrated, nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock High School. Led to the Little Rock crisis, when students were initially prevented from entering. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
The first civil rights legislation posted by the US Supreme Court. It established the civil rights section of the justice department and empowered a federal prosecutors to obtain court interference with the right to vote. -
SNCC Founded
Founded by African American people, the SNCC, was the principal channel to the civil rights movement, which gave younger African Americans more freedom from segregation -
Freedom Riders
Civil Rights Activists who rode interstate buses into segregated southern states to challenge the supreme court and segregation. -
24th Amendment
Prohibits conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of poll taxes. Exemplified that Jim Crowe Laws were being taken down. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlawed discrimination practices based on race, color gender, or origin. Part of the 14th amendment, prohibited application of voter registration, racial segregation in schools, and all public accommodations. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to break legal barriers that prevented African Americans to vote. It allowed discriminatory voting practices including literacy tests before voting. -
MLK Assassination
Martin Luther King was shot and killed in Memphis, Tennessee. Angered many African Americans and created violence within protests. -
Equal Rights Amendment
Founder of the National Woman's party, Alice Paul introduced the equal rights amendment to congress. Proposed to the US gov that they guarantee equal legal rights for all Americans regardless of sex.
