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Slavery is abolished (African Americans)
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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. (Everyone)
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Men of all races, color, ethnicity, etc can vote. Gave people other than white men power in the government and to have a say.
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The first college specifically for African Americans. Allowed them to receive a higher education which could help them get better jobs and be more credible.
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A supreme court case that established the principle of separate, but equal. African Americans were gaining more equality but were not completely equal to their white counterparts.
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National association for the advancement of colored people fought for black rights and equality
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Granted women the right to vote, women had more of a say in government and fought for equality
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was to provide legal equality for people on the basis of sex and prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex
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abolished discrimination based on race, color, religion, and nation of origin
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The court ruled that segregation was unconstitutional in schools, desegregated schools
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African American civil rights organization formed by MLK, had a large role in fighting for equality and rights for African Americans
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Schools were desegregating and the governor of Arkansas didn’t want it to happen so he blocked the black students with Arkansas National Guard and the president sent the national guard to escort the students
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non-violent protests in the Woolworth store which blacks were not allowed to sit or eat at the bar, showed people what they were going through
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Rode buses into the deep south to protest jim crow who was still very alive in the south, give blacks more equality
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American labor leader, community organizer and political activist who fought for Latinos
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defended the strategy of nonviolent resistance because the protests were becoming more violent unlike what he wanted
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called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the US, got black people hopeful and helped incite change in ideas
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outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, nation of origin, prohibits segregation in voting and public places
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Everyone can vote
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MLK led thousands of non-violent protesters from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to protest. Helped gain equal rights and treatment
