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13th Amendment
Abolition of Slavery throughout the U.S. and all territories. -
14th Amendment
Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law. -
15th Amendment
Right to vote should not be denied on account of race or color (African American males right to vote) -
Tuskegee Institute
Founded by Booker T. Washington, "established a normal school for colored teachers". Provided students with academic and vocational training. -
Plessy v Ferguson
An important court case because it gave legal standing to the idea of separate but equal. The Plessy decision was used as a precedent until 1954 with the Supreme Court decision in Brown v. Board of Education. -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
They were a powerful voice in the struggle to improve the legal rights of African Americans and fought to bring an end to racial violence. -
19th Amendment
Right to vote should not be denied on the account of sex (Women get the right to vote) -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
NAACP organized this bus boycott against the city bus system one day after the arrest of Rosa Parks. It led to forming of the Montgomery Improvement Association led by Martin Luther King Jr. -
SCLC formed
(Southern Christian Leadership Conference) Southern ministers organized to protest segregation -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC)
Student political organization civil rights movement group. Used nonviolent tactics. -
Greensboro, NC Sit-ins
Four African American students sat at a whites-only lunch counter and refused to leave after being denied service. Protesting racial segregation. -
Freedom Riders
13 African Americans left DC on a bus to bring attention to the ruling that the supreme court had ordered those facilities and bus stations be open to all passengers. -
Cesar Chavez
Fought for workers rights and created an organization called the United Farm Workers of Americans to request pay and safe working conditions -
March on Washington - “ I have a Dream Speech”
The 1963 March on Washington attracted approx. 250,000 people for a peaceful demonstration to promote Civil Rights and economic equality for African Americans. It was highlighted by the “I have a Dream Speech” -
24th Amendment
Prohibits the poll tax in elections -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
It is wrong to deny any fellow American the right to vote: made it easier for Southern blacks to register by getting rid of literacy tests, poll taxes, and other such requirements that were used to restrict voting for black people -
Black Panthers
A political organization founded to challenge police brutality against the African American community. -
American Indian Movement (AIM)
A Native American organization founded in 1968 to protest government policies and injustices suffered by Native Americans; the purpose was to obtain equal rights for Native Americans. -
Sandra Day O'Connor appointed to Supreme Court
Appointed by Reagan. The first female to serve on the court. -
Sonia Sotomayor appointment to the Supreme Court
Appointed by Obama. First Hispanic and Latina to serve on the court.
