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13th Amendment
Slavey was outlawed in the United States unless for punishment -
14th Amendment
Former slaves and all African Americans in the United States granted equal rights and citizenship -
15th Amendment
The right to vote of all U.S. citizens shall not be denied by the United States -
Tuskegee Institute Created
Founded by Booker T. Washington to promote the economic progress of his race -
Plessy v. Ferguson
The Supreme Court ruled Separate but equal was constitutional discriminating against colored people -
NAACP Founded
Advance the priorities of colored people by unity under an organization -
19th Amendment
The right to vote of any U.S. citizen shall not be denied because of gender -
Executive Order 9981
The military is desegregated -
Brown v. Board of Education
Helped to integrate schools in the U.S. and helped defeat the separate but equal laws -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Colored people boycotted the public buses and showed their retaliation to segregated seating on the buses. -
Southern Christian Leadership conference formed
A civil rights organization founded as an offshoot of the Montgomery Improvement Association -
Little Rock 9
Nine colored students enrolled at Little Rock Central High School who were initially denied by the state governor -
Civil Rights Act 1957
Ensured the protection of all citizens right to vote -
Greensboro sit ins
A civil rights act in which colored students staged a sit in at a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina -
Freedom Riders
Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated United States -
Dr. King's letter from jail
A letter after Martin Luther King Jr where he writes about defending his advocacy for nonviolent protest in as resistance to racism -
March on Washington
A march in Washington to advocate the rights of colored people in the U.S. -
March from Selma
Marchers protested peacefully for the rights of colored people across America -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Eliminated all abilities for southern states to make voting harder for people of color such as literacy tests before voting -
Martin Luther King Jr. Assasinated
Martin Luther King Jr. is fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee at 6:01 PM