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13th ammenment
abolished slavery and involuntary servitude with the exception of it being for punishment or crime. -
14th ammenment
granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to african americans after they had been emancipated after the american civil war. -
15th ammendment
prohibited the federal government in each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on the citizens race. -
Plessy V Ferguson
this case began when african american man, Homer Plessy refused to sit in the car for blacks while riding the train.
The US supreme court created and upheld the seperate but equal doctrine. -
NAACP created
founded by a group of african americans. The mission was to secure the political, educational, social and economic equality in order to eliminate discrimination -
brown v baord of education
racial segregation in public schools was ruled a violation of the 14th ammendment to the constitution dsnys states from not allowing equal protection of the laws. ruled that schools should be integrated from then on. -
19th ammendment
it gave women the right to vote and have a say in the government. "The right of citizens in the us to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the united states on the count of sex. -
executive order 9981
issued by president truman who abolished all discrimination against people on the basis of race, color, religion, or origin in the armed forces. ended segregation in the military services -
montgomery bus boycott
political and social protests against racism in the public transit system. people were arrested for not moving to the back of the bus. african americans then stopped riding the bus and bus company lost money -
SLCC
an african american civil rights organization whch was used to get rid of segregation. -
little rock nine
after schools became integrated, nine african american students enrolled in little rock high school. lead to the little rock crisis, which students were initially prevented from entering. -
civil rights act of 1957
the first civil rights legislation passed by the us supreme court. it established the civil rights section of the justice department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote. -
SNCC founded
founded by african americans poeple the SNCC or student nonviolent coordinating committee was the principal channels to the civil rights movement -
freedom riders
civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into segregated southern US states to challenge the supreme court and segregation -
24th ammendment
prohibits the conditioning of the right to vote in federal elections on payment of poll taxes.
