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13th Amendment
Slavery is abolished (African Americans) -
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. (Everyone) -
15th Amendment
Men of all races, color, ethnicity, etc can vote. Gave people other than white men power in the government and to have a say. -
Tuskegee Institute Created
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. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
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. -
NAACP created
National association for the advancement of colored people fought for black rights and equality -
19th Amendment
Granted women the right to vote, women had more of a say in government and fought for equality -
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed
was to provide legal equality for people on the basis of sex and prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex -
Executive Order 9981
abolished discrimination based on race, color, religion, and nation of origin -
Brown v. Board of Education
The court ruled that segregation was unconstitutional in schools, desegregated schools -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed
African American civil rights organization formed by MLK, had a large role in fighting for equality and rights for African Americans -
Little Rock 9
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 -
Greensboro, NC Sit-ins
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 -
Freedom Riders
Rode buses into the deep south to protest jim crow who was still very alive in the south, give blacks more equality -
Cesar Chavez
American labor leader, community organizer and political activist who fought for Latinos -
Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
defended the strategy of nonviolent resistance because the protests were becoming more violent unlike what he wanted -
March on Washington: “I have a dream” speech
called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the US, got black people hopeful and helped incite change in ideas -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, nation of origin, prohibits segregation in voting and public places -
24th Amendment
Everyone can vote -
March from Selma, Alabama
MLK led thousands of non-violent protesters from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama to protest. Helped gain equal rights and treatment
