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13th Amendment
The 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States and has been an extremely important amendment granting African Americans freedom from slavery. This contributed to equality within the United States. -
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
This amendment granted United States citizens all the right to vote and made the right not discriminated against by race, coor, or previous condition of servitude. This is significant because it gave the right to vote to all races and pursued equality. -
Tuskegee Institute created
This is a private historically black university located in Tuskegee, Alabama. This institute was established by Lewis Adams and Booker T. Washington. This was declared for its significance for its academic programs and role in pursuing a higher education for African Americans. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
This was a court case that was about the constitutionality of racial segregation. The case came from an incident about an African American train passenger named Homer Plessy and how Plessy refused to sit in a car for blacks. This case prevented constitutional challenges to racial segregation for more than half a century up until it was overturned by the U.S Supreme Court in Brownv. Also this proposed the “separate but equal” statement. -
NAACP created
The NAACP was an important organization in African-American politics and its purpose was to fight for freedom and equality of all races.The significance for the NAACP is its importance in securing political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights and eliminate race-based discrimination within the United States. -
19th Amendment
The amendment was about the right to vote and how it should not be discriminated by sex. This amendment was significant in giving equality for both males and females the right to vote and contributed to quality within the United States. -
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed
Its purpose was a proposed amendment for the United States constitution made to guarantee equal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex. This proposed amendment is significant in pursuing equal rights for both males and females for American citizens. -
Executive Order 9981
This order proposed the equality for treatment and opportunity for all people in the army in the United States regardless of race, color, religion or national origin. The significance for the order was to end racial segregation inside the military. -
Brown v. Board of Education
This case was about the United States laws regarding racial segregation in public schools. The result was establishing racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional and signaled the end of racial segregation in the schools of the United States. This also overruled “separate but equal” which was presented in the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This was a civil rights protest where African Americans refused to ride buses in Montgomery, Alabama in order to protest the segregated seating presented within society. The significance of the event was to get a point across to stop segregated seating and pursue equal rights regardless of race. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed
The goal was to advance the cause of civil rights in America but in a non violent manner. It successfully staged a 381-day boycott of the Montgomery Alabama’s segregated bus system. -
Greensboro, NC Sit-ins
This was a civil rights protest where people sat in a Woolworth’s Lunch counter in Greensboro where the African Americans did not leave because they were denied service in the bar. This ideology diffused across the country as more African Americans advocated for rights. -
March on Washington: “I have a dream” speech
The march on Washington occurred in Washington DC as the African Americans marched to advocate for civil and economic rights for the African American society. This march was part of the speech given by Martin Luther King Jr, known as "I have a dream". The speech discussed how African Americans deserve freedom and need to be freer and have more jobs in order to create an equal nation. This speech led to the creation of the Civil Rights Act. -
24th Amendment
This amendment was ratified in 1964 and stated how people didn’t need to pay a poll tax, a fee required to vote earlier. This helped make voting more accessible to a wide variety of people. -
March from Selma, Alabam
This was a march where black individuals marched from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama in order to exercise their right for voting and to gain more freedom for the black society. This put an influence for furthering supporting the civil rights movement for freedom for the black society. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This is a federal piece of legislation, signed by LBJ, that allowed African Americans to vote in the U.S. In addition to this, it also stated how a literacy test was no longer required in order to vote for a candidate. This helped in making the process of voting more accessible to others. -
Black Panthers
A brand new organization created in 1966 by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton in California. The goal of the new organization was to help end racial discrimination and support black nationalism in America in order to solve reoccurring issues regarding African Americans. As a united community, the black Americans worked closely with the Black Panthers in order to create goals and helped in achieving freedom. -
MLK assassinated
On this day in Memphis, TN, an individual known as James Earl Ray murdered MLK from a balcony as MLK was protesting for better working conditions and higher wages for the African Americans in his hotel, Lorraine Motel. This marked a special event in history where African Americans fought for their rights in a time of tension in America. -
American Indian Movement (AIM)
This was an organization that was founded in 1968 in Minneapolis, MN that focused on solving problems regarding racism and the civil rights of the African Americans in America. They attempted to solve these problems through protests with other African Americans and to this day, the organization continues to protest against injustices of African Americans occurring today.
