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13th Amendment (African Americans)
It officially ended slavery once it got ratified -
14th Amendment (African Americans)
The 14th Amendment was about rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law. It became one of the most used amendments in court to date regarding the equal protection clause -
15th Amendment (African Americans)
The 15th Amendment gave African Americans men the right to vote. It got ratified on February 3,1870 and then ended up getting passed by Congress on February 26,1869 -
Plessy v. Ferguson (African Americans)
It was a Supreme Court landmark decision. It established racial segregation in public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were as equal. -
NAACP Created (African Americans)
NAACP was the largest and oldest civil rights organization that was founded on February 12,1909. It was created due to all the violence that African Americans were getting. -
19th Amendment (Women)
It was ratified on August 18,1920 and it eventually gave women the right to vote. It was known as Women's Suffrage and was also a big very protest -
Equal Rights Amendment Proposed (Women)
Proposed by the National Women's political party. It was to provide for the legal equality of the sexes and prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex. Defeated in 1972 -
Executive Order 9981 (African Americans)
It was issued on July 26,1948. It basically abolished discrimination in the United States on the basis of " race, color,religion or national origin" in the military. -
Brown v. Board of Education (African Americans)
It was a 1954 landmark Supreme Court Case. It said that racial segregation in public schools were unconstitutional. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott ( African Americans)
This was a civil rights protest and it was when African Americans men refused to ride the city buses in Alabama and then protested against it. Key Person: Rosa Parks -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (African Americans)
SCLC is a African American civil rights organization. Their significance is that they wanted to expand the cause of civil rights in America in a non violent manner. Key member: MLK -
Little Rock 9 (African Americans)
A group of 9 African Americans who enrolled in an all white high school in Arkansas. President Eisenhower uses the National Guard to protect students' entry into the school. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957 (African Americans)
It was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the US congress. It was important , because it set the precedent for increased federal responsibility in protecting African American Rights. -
Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)
It began when the Mexican American barrios through the Southwest. The artists used city buildings,schools, and housing projects to depict their Mexican American culture. -
Greensboro NC Sit ins (African Americans)
It was a series of non violent protests in North Carolina in July of 1960. It led the Woolworth department store chain remove their policy of racial segregation in the south. Protesting racial segregation. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (African Americans)
They were also a civil rights group formed to give younger blacks more voice. They ended up playing a big part in the Freedom Rides, which was about segregating the buses and also in the marches organized by MLK. -
Freedom Riders (African Americans)
Civil Rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern U.S Challenged and protested local laws that ignored integration. -
Cesar Chavez
He was the organizer of migrant American farmworkers and the co founder of NFWA in 1962 with Dolores Huerta. He was important,because he was an advocate for farm workers rights in America.He dedicated his life to improving working conditions of the migrant farmers. -
Dr.King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" (African Americans)
It was written in April 16,1963, and the letter defended strategies of nonviolent resistance to racism. The letter was important, because it served as a reproducible account of the long road to freedom in a movement that was largely centered around actions and spoken words. -
24th Amendment (African Americans)
The 24th Amendment forbids the prevention of citizens from voting due to the non payment of poll tax. The amendment was important, because African Americans were faced with so much discrimination and they were not allowed to vote for elected officials that would work to end the discrimination.
