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13th Amendment
The 13th amendment abolished slavery in the USA. It made slavery a punishment and punishable crime in the USA, in 1863 The Emancipation Proclamation freed slaves in the USA in the eleven confederate states as well. -
14th Amendment
Gave the rights of citizenship, due to the process of laws in the USA. It gave equal protection of the law to all citizens in the USA. It become one of the most used amendments in court. It also helped cause an equal protection clause. -
15th Amendment
The 15th amendment granted US citizens the right to vote irregardless of their race, color, religion or their sex as well. No state in the USA can prevent this for it is unconstitutional to do so. -
Tuskegee Institute Created
The Tuskegee Institute was founded by Booker T. Washington. It was made to train teachers in Alabama, and help and provided students with academic and vocational training as well. -
Plessy Vs. Fergurson
Was a landmark of the supreme court, that upheld racial discrimination and segregation under the separate but equal doctrine. Courts argued this violated the 13th and 14th amendment as well. -
NAACP Created
The NAACP is a program and institute, founded and created by black and white civil rights activists in response to the occurring and ongoing violence against African Americans in the USA and the country as well. -
19th Amendment
Allowed women in the USA with the right to vote. -
Executive Order 9981
The order established executive order and established committees on equality of the treatment and opportunities in and with the armed services, with this the government committed to integrating the segregated military. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A civil rights protest during the civil rights movement, in which African Americans refused to ride the city buses in Alabama, in which was regarded as the first large scale of demonstration against segregation in the USA. -
Little Rock Nine
Where nine African american students enrolled in a newly integrated school in little rock Arkansas where they were prevented from entering the school and faced racial discrimination and segregation. -
Civil Rights Act Of 1957
Was officially the first civil rights legislation reconstruction and empowered the federal prosecutors to obtain and induced against the interference with the right to vote. -
Freedom Riders
Was where civil right activists would ride buses together during the civil rights movement, it was faced with violence and racism, as well as discrimination and ignorance for the riders. But it allowed many African Americans and white Americans to come together in the USA. -
Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez, was a Latino civil rights activist who brought conditions and helped agricultural workers which helped later merged to become the united farm workers. -
Dr. King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"
A letter written by MLK while he was in a jail in Birmingham Alabama. In his letter, he spoke out and called for an end to racism as well as civil and economic rights in the country in the USA. -
March On Washington: "I Have A Dream" Speech
A public speech that was delivered by MLK where he spoke out to the world in Washington D.C and called out for an end to racism as well as civil and economic rights and to put an end to racism in the USA. -
24th Amendment
Abolished the poll tax for multiple and all federal elections as well. -
Civil Rights Act Of 1964
Ended segregation in all public places in the USA, and banned employment discrimination on the basis of incivility and race and religion as well. -
March From Selma
The march to Selma, was a march that was held by Selma to Montgomery marchers that fought to carry out their angers and frustrations as well as express their frustrations on LBJ. Thousands of civil rights activists headed out to Selma and marched to Montgomery where lawmen attacked them and drove them to Selma. -
Voting Rights Act Of 1965
Signed by LBJ which allowed African Americans with the right to vote and making it constitutional it was also followed by the 15th amendment as well. -
The Black Panther Party
The black panther party was a political organization that was made and founded by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton, that helped to promote self defense and helped promote black nationalism, socialism and armed self defense as well. -
MLK Assassinated
MLK was in Memphis, Tennessee, to show his respect and support of the black sanitary public workers, where he was fatally shot on the balcony near his room by James Earl Ray.
