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13th Amendment
Ended Slavery in the US after the Civil War -
14th Amendment
Gave Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law to anyone born in America such as ex-slaves. -
15th Amendment
Any American citizen cannot be denied the ability to vote based off of race. Gave African American the right to vote. (Males) -
Plessy v Ferguson
Any American citizen cannot be denied the ability to vote based off of race. -
NAACP founded
A group founded by Ida B Wells and W.E.B Du Bois that advocated for African Americans to have the same rights as White Americans. -
19th Amendment
Made it so that American Citizens cannot be denied the ability to vote based on one's gender. Allowed women to vote in all 50 states. -
Brown V Board of Education
A Supreme court case which decided that Racial segregation in public schools were unconstitutional. This overturned the 58 years of Plessy v Ferguson and Blacks and Whites went to the same schools. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Started by Rosa Parks, was a movement by civil rights activist to boycott riding the bus, opting to drive in carpools to protest segregated bus seating. lasted until december 20th 1956 -
Little Rock 9
Started by Rosa Parks, was a movement by civil rights activist to boycott riding the bus, opting to drive in carpools to protest segregated bus seating. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
The First federal civil rights legislation by Dwight D Eisenhower that outlawed segregation in public spaces and created the EEOC to prevent workplace discrimination. -
Greensboro Sit-ins
African American males would sit inside a segregated diner, and would refuse to leave when denied service. They were met with being beaten up and thrown out. This would spread to other towns. -
Freedom Riders
Civil rights activists would ride on interstate buses into segregated cities in the deep south. Was occasionally met with violence. -
Cesar Chavez
A Mexican American that founded the United Farm Workers union to fight for immigrant and Mexican American rights. Led the Grape boycott in 1965. -
24th Amendment
Prohibits the use of poll tax or any type of tax requirement to vote in elections. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Legislation that outlawed discrimination on the bases of Sex, religion and race in Public spaces and in the work force. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Legislation that prohibits race discrimination in voting. -
Black Panthers
A political organization founded by Bobby Seale in Oakland california with the goal of organizing the Black community, Self defense and using funds to help each other in the inner cities. -
American Indian Movement (AIM)
A Grassroots movement founded in Minneapolis to address the problems facing Native Americans such as Alcoholism, Poverty and Police Brutality. -
Assassination of MLK
On April 4 1968, in a motel in Memphis Tn, MLK was shot dead by James Earl Ray. -
Sandra Day O'Connor Appointed to the supreme Court
The first woman appointed to the Supreme court in 1981 by president Ronald Reagan.
