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13 Amendment
Made slavery illegal in the United States. -
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. -
15th Amendment
Protects the rights of Americans to vote in elections to elect their leaders -
Plessy v. Ferguson
It was a case that initiated the “Separate but equal” facilities, and this leads to jim crow laws. -
NAACP created
The purpose was to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination. -
19th Amendment
Equal rights for women, and the right to vote. -
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed
An amendment proposed to give equal rights to everyone including all sexes. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Court established that segregated schools are illegal. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Boycott inspired by Rosa Parks because she refused to move to the back of the bus when a white told her to move. People started boycotting by not using the busses at all. -
Little Rock 9
When 9 African Americans got enrolled in a white school and were discriminated against. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
An act to provide means of further securing and protecting the civil rights of persons within the jurisdiction of the United States. -
Freedom Riders
Civil rights activists rode buses into segregated states. -
March on Washington: “I have a dream” speech
Speech in Washington about persuading equal rights for everyone despite race. -
March from Selma, Alabama
Protest march promoting nonviolent protesting and was a desire of African Americans to exercise their own constitutional right to vote. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
It made it easier for minorities to vote like African Americans and non-English speakers. -
Black Panthers
Founded by Bobby Seale, was made to monitor police behaivor and put an end to police brutality -
MLK assassinated
Martin Luther King was Assaninated because people were against his protesting for equal rights for blacks so they shot him in Memphis. -
American Indian Movement (AIM)
Help issues of poverty and police brutality against American Indians.
