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Civil Rights
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The 13th amendment
Abraham Lincoln has passed the 13th amendment and has now abolished slavery in the united states in 1865 -
The 14th amendment
Congress passed the 14th amendment on june 13th now giving freed slaves extended liberties and rights granted by the bill of rights -
The 15th amendment
Congress passed the 15th amendment in 1870 saying the right to vote can't be denied on account of race or color -
Tuskegee institute is created
Founded by Booker T. Washington, “established a normal school for
colored teachers”. Provided students with academic and vocational
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Plessy VS Ferguson
a landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. As a result, restrictive Jim Crow legislation and separate public accommodations based on race became commonplace. -
NAACP is created
Key founder: W.E.B. Du Bois. National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People. Civil Rights organization to help
fight for African American rights. -
19th amendment
The right to vote can't be denied because of gender now allowing women to vote -
ERA proposed 1923-1972
Proposed by the National Women's political party, it was to provide
for the legal equality of the sexes and prohibit discrimination on the
basis of sex. Defeated in 1972. -
Executive order 9981
President Truman abolished discrimination "on the basis of race,
color, religion or national origin" in the military (integrated units) -
Brown VS Board of Education
Integrated public schools. Overturns Plessy v. Ferguson. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott 1955-1956
Civil Rights protest in which African Americans refused to ride city
buses protesting segregated seating. Rosa Parks is credited for starting the boycott -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed
Advance civil rights in a non-violent manner. Key member: MLK -
LIttle Rock 9
Governor Orval Faubus prevented 9 African American students
from entering the high school. President Eisenhower uses National
Guard to protect students entry into the school -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
President Eisenhower established the Civil Rights Section of the
Justice Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain
court injunctions against interference with the right to vote -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed
Student political organization civil rights movement group. Used
nonviolent tactics. -
Chicano Movement (Mural Movement) 1960s
Mexican-American civil rights movement.Artists began using the
walls of city buildings, housing projects, schools, and churches to
depict Mexican-American culture. -
Greensboro, NC Sit-ins
Four African American students sat at a whites only lunch counter
and refused to leave after being denied service. Protesting racial segregation. since they did this it lead to many more sit ins across the country -
Freedom Riders
Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated
southern U.S. Challenged and protested local laws that ignored
integration. -
Cesar Chavez
in 1962 co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (later
called the United Farm Workers Union). Was a Latino American civil rights activists. -
Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
Dr King defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism -
March on Washington: “I have a dream”speech
He called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the
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Civil Rights Act of 1964
LBJ outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or
national origin. It prohibits unequal application of voter registration
requirements, and racial segregation in schools, employment, and
public accommodations.