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13th Amendment
This amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude. This was ratified at the end of the Civil War. Abraham Lincoln passed this amendment. -
14th Amendment
The amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws. It was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War. This amendment included former slaves who had just been freed after the Civil War. -
15th Amendment
This amendment granted all men the right to vote. The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude". This amendment gave more rights to colored men. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Plessy vs. Ferguson was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court. It upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality. This came to be known as separate but equal. -
NAACP
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights organization in the United States. A bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. This group group included W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington and Moorfield Storey. -
19th Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex. Most states did not give women the right to vote. This amendment gave women the right the vote which was huge. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. The Supreme Court ruled unanimously against segregation in schools. Brown vs. Board of Education is now acknowledged as one of the greatest Supreme Court decisions of the 20th century, unanimously held that the racial segregation of children in public schools. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system. This was in Montgomery, Alabama. This is regarded as the first large-scale U.S. demonstration against segregation. -
MLK Jr. - “I Have a Dream” speech
"I Have a Dream" is a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. He delivered this speech during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. In his speech he calls for an end to racism in the United States and called for civil and economic rights -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act is a landmark civil rights and US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. This ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. This law protects employees of a company as well as job applicants. -
Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act is a landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting. This act was signed into law on August 6, 1965, by President Lyndon Johnson. It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. -
Malcolm X Assassination
Malcolm X was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist. To his admirers he was a courageous advocate for the rights of blacks, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans; detractors accused him of preaching racism and violence. Malcolm X was shot to death by Nation of Islam members while speaking at a rally of his organization in New York City. -
Loving v. Virginia
Loving v. Virginia is a landmark civil rights decision of the United States Supreme Court which struck down all state laws banning interracial marriage. Inspired by the civil rights movement, Mildred Loving wrote to Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy for help. The couple was referred to the ACLU, which represented them in the landmark Supreme Court case, Loving v. Virginia (1967). The Court ruled that state bans on interracial marriage were unconstitutional. -
MLK Jr. Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr., an American clergyman and civil rights leader. He was shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968. King was rushed to St. Joseph's Hospital, and was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m. CST. -
Equal Rights Amendment
The Equal Rights Amendment is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex. It seeks to end the legal distinctions between men and women in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other matters. On March 22, 1972, the Equal Rights Amendment is passed by the U.S. Senate and sent to the states for ratification.
