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13th Amendment
This is the amendment that formally abolished slavery in the United States. Making All African Americans free in America. -
14th Amendment
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. This gave African Americans rights in the United States. -
15th Amendment
This granted African American men to vote, saying that no one should not have the right to vote due to their race or color. -
Tuskegee Institute created
It was founded by Booker T. Washington, the purpose of training African American teachers. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
The legal case where the supreme court further pushed the idea of “separate but equal”. This was the case that imposed segregation. Meaning that Blacks and Whites were to be separated in most public facilities. -
NAACP created
Was created to work for the abolition of segregation and discrimination in housing, education, employment, and transportation, and to oppose racism. This group consisted of W.E.B Du Bois, Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, Mary White, Ovington. -
19th Amendment
This amendment made it so that Women would be able to vote. This includes African American woman as well. Although they went through the same procedures black men did. -
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed
This amendment was proposed but not ratified until 1922, it basically says that sex should not determine legal rights of men or women. This was important because it became a big part of the Women's rights movement later on. -
Executive Order 9981
This order by president Truman, basically ordered all armed forces and the federal government. This was an in inspiration to black people. Membership in the NAACP jumped from 18k to 500k, and more blacks register to vote. -
Brown v. Board of Education
This was the case where the U.S. supreme court ruled that the segregation in schools violated the 14th amendment. They declared that blacks and whites being in separated in different schools was “unequal.” -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Bus boycott began with Rosa Parks in 1955 when she refused to give a white man her seat. This started a movement in Montgomery Alabama where black people began sitting at the front of the bus, or where white people. This was a protest that ended in their favor. This is because it hurt the economy because white people were not gonna keep taking the bus if black people were still protesting. -
Little Rock 9
Nine students had signed up to attend little rock high school and they were the first black students to integrate in a high school with white people. They faced major amounts of racism. However, this is what started integration in schools. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
This created the first civil rights legislation , this established the civil rights section of the Justice department. This empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote. -
Cesar Chavez
was an organizer of migrant American farm workers, and a cofounder with Dolores Huerta of the National Farm Workers Association, the NFWA. He also was a part of the United Farm Workers, who fought for things like higher wages and safer working conditions. -
Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)
Was basically a movement where Chicanos would no longer tolerate the injustice by white people. This is also where they used Mural art to show off their heritage and show the discrimination that was against them. The Chicano movement is still present today. -
March on Washington: “I have a dream” speech
In this speech, 250,000 showed up in attendance, and some were white people. But in this speech Dr. King talked about his dream for America in his “I have a dream” speech, and this touched the hearts of a lot of people in America. This further pushed forward the civil rights act. -
24th Amendment
Prohibited federal and state governments from imposing poll taxes before a citizen could participate in federal elections. This change was made because state governments would use this to disenfranchise black voters and establish more segregation. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act bill into law. This was following one of the longest debates in the senate's history. It ended in them outlawing all discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, etc. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This act further enforced the 15th amendment, making it so that anyone could vote if an american citizen. No matter the color of their skin. This took away tests and procedures that African Americans had to go through in order to vote -
MLK assassinated
MLK was killed on April 4, 1968, in Memphis Tennessee, on the second floor balcony of the Lorraine Motel. After this there was rioting, looting and violence in city streets.
