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Congress abolished slavery by declaring that it is illegal to partake in slavery in the United States.
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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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Founded by Booker T. Washington. It was created to train teachers in Alabama. It also provided African American students with vocational training.
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In this court case, John Howard Ferguson and Homer Plessy argued over segregation and whether or not it is unconstitutional. The court ruled that racial segregation was constitutional.
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was an organization created to gain equality and rid of race-based discrimination.
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Declared that states cannot turn down a citizen’s right to vote based on race or color.
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Any gender cannot be prevented from the right to vote.
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Linda Carol Brown and the Board of Education went to court over racial segregation in public schools. The court ruled that racial segregation violates the 14th amendment.
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A social protest where people boycotted the city buses in Montgomery, Alabama. These people protested segregated seating in city buses.
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The little rock nine were nine students who attended the first interracial high school. These students had to have security on them for protection from other white students.
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With racial segregation of restaurants, blacks would sit-in at the white-only restaurant counters in Greensboro, NC.
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Fought for equal labor, treatment, and pay for farmers. He used passive resistance. He formed the National Farm Workers Association that worked to empower farmers of America.
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A march for African Americans where over 100,000 blacks came on the 100th anniversary of the creation of the emancipation proclamation. During this march, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said his I have a dream speech.
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Prohibited poll tax on voting polls because in some states citizens had to pay a fee to vote, but this was banned unconstitutional with this amendment.
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This act ended segregation of public facilities and places including water fountains, waiting rooms, etc. This particularly pertained to race, ethnicity, religion, and sex.
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A march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama to protest their inability to vote. This march is also known as Bloody Sunday because state and local men attacked the marchers.
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A party created by Huey Newton to protect African Americans in ghetto areas of the united states.
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Created to protect the legal rights of American Indian citizens. Especially tribal areas. It also protests racism and defends civil rights.
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Even though MLK preached nonviolence towards African Americans, after his death, many violent riots broke out throughout America.
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An amendment created by congress to allow equal rights to every U.S. citizen, regardless of citizens. For example divorce.
