-
13th Amendment (African Americans)
Slavery and involuntary servitude was abolished by this amendment. -
14th Amendment (African Americans)
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 (African Americans)
Colored people are allowed to vote in national elections. Allowed people of color to have a say in elections. -
Plessy v. Furguson (African Americans)
Held that racial segregation was constitutional as long as facilities were equal in quality. The phrase “separate but not equal” was created, expressing the struggles of segregation. -
19th Amendment (Women)
Women are allowed to vote in national elections. Allowed women to have a say in elections. -
Executive Order 9981 (African Americans)
Order by President Harry Truman that abolished discrimination and segregation in the military. Dissegregated the military. -
Brown v. Board of Education (African Americans)
Decision that ruled that segregation in schools is unconstitutional, even if the schools are equal in quality. Brought about the integration of public schools. -
Little Rock 9 (African Americans)
A group of nine African students, who were prevented from entering a segregated school, created the Little Rock Foundation to promote ideas of justice and educational equality. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957 (African Americans)
This act outlawed segregation in public areas and allowed the federal government to fight black disfranchisement. The Equal Employment Oppurtunity Commission(EEOC) was created as a result to prevent discrimination in the workplace. -
Chicano Movement (Chicanos)
A movement extending Mexican-American civil rights with the goal of restoring land, gaining more rights for farm workers, and receiving better education. The Chicano movement was successful in gaining reforms. -
Cesar Chavez (Chicanos)
Cesar Chaves was a Mexican American union leader and labor organizer who founded the National Farm Workers Association. He organized strikes, and conjoined his organization with the Agricultral Workers Organizing Committee to create the United Farm Workers. -
March on Washington: “I have a dream” speech (African Americans)
A speech spoken by Martin L. King targeting the injustice of racial equality, which persuaded people to stop discriminating against others on the basis of race. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (African Americans)
Ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. One of the most important legislative achievements of the civil rights movements. -
24th Amendment (African Americans)
It prohibited any poll tax in any election for federal officials. Made poll taxes illegal. Allowed more people eligible to vote. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965 (African Americans)
Outlawed discriminatory voting practices that occurred often in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests and poll taxes. -
Black Panthers (African Americans)
A 10-point-program made by Huey P. Newton and Bobby Seale that expressed how African Americans wanted better education, exemption from military service, to end police brutality, and freedom. -
Thurgood Marshall appointed to the Supreme Court (African Americans)
Marshall was the first African American Supreme Court Justice. He played a big role in ending legal segregation in the Brown v. Board case. -
MLK Assassinated (African Americans)
Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated on the second-floor balcony near his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. Reflected the death of an important civil rights activist. -
American Indian Movement (Native Americans)
AIM protested racism and civil rights violations against Native Americans. It addressed issues related to soverignty, leadership, and treaties. -
Sandra Day O’Connor appointed to the Supreme Court (Women)
O’Connor was the first woman to serve in the Supreme Court from 1981-2006. She weighed in on many important cases.
