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The 13th Amendment abolished slavery across the country.
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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.
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African American men gained the right to vote. Everyone can vote, no matter what race. Helped desegregate America.
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Private, African American university in Alabama, established by Booker T Washington, provided students with both academic and vocational training.
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African American refused to sit in the segregated train and brought his case all the way to the supreme court. The court ruled the case to the fact that American should be “segregated but equal”
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Organization made to help bring african americans justice, created many different tactics in order to do enforce change.
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Organization made to help bring african americans justice, created many different tactics in order to do enforce change.
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Gave women the right to vote and led to political equality.
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Brought equal legal rights regardless of sex, specifically matters of divorce, property, employment, and other matters between men and women.
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Truman abolished African American segregation in U.S. military, another step to desegregating America
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Court case that named segregation in schools unconstitutional, another slow step to desegregation.
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Minorities avoided taking the bus in order to protest segregation, very effective and got a lot of attention.
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African American civil rights organization, first president was Martin Luther King jr, played a huge role in civil rights movement.
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Group of young African Americans sat in a segregated lunch areas and refused to move after being denied service. This nonviolent way to protest made its way around the community.
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Civil activists who rode buses into highly segregated areas in order to protest. Effective way to practice civil disobedience and enforce change.
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Prohibits congress and state from enforcing poll tax on voters
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Banned any discrimination against sex, race, religion, color, or national origin. Equality for all.
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Prohibits discrimination in voting, placed to enforce 15th amendment to end voting discrimination.
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Founded by college students, portrayed black nationalism, socialism, and self defense.
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MLK was assassinated in Memphis while he was there supporting an African American strike for better work conditions. Big impact on Civil Rights Movement, started violence.
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Played as an important vote to many important cases, also first female associate justice.
