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13th amendment
Abolished slavery, exception for if its used if they did a crime. -
14th Amendment
Granted citizenship and equal rights to african americans and slaves who had been emancipated after the civil war. -
15th Amendment
Prevented each states government from denying a voter to vote based on their race. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Homer Plessy refused to sit where blacks were supposed to on the train. The U.S Supreme Court created and upheld the seperate but equal doctrine. -
Creation of NAACP
A group of african americans formed the NAACP in order to eliminate discrimination by fighting for economic, political, educational and social equality. -
19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote!! -
Executive Order 9981
Issued by President Truman who abolished all discrimination against people on the basis of race, color, religion or orgin in the armed forces. Ended all segregation in the armed forces. -
Brown Vs. Board of Education
Racial Segregation in public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment which meant schools were integrated. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
African Americans kept getting arrested for not moving to the back on the bus so they boycotted the bus and that meant the city was losing alot of money -
SCLC Founded
An African American civil rights organization which was used to get rid of segregation and promote the goals of social equality. Huge role in cicil rights movement. -
Little Rock Nine
After schools were integrated in Little Rock. 9 African American students enrolled in Little Rock High. Lead to the Little Rock crisis, which meant students were initially prevented from entering. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
It established the civil rights section of the justice department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote. -
SNCC Founded
The student nonviolent coordinating committee was the principal channel to the civil rights movement, which gave younger African Americans more freedom from segregation. -
Chicano Movement
This movement was created so mexican americans could restore therir land, have rights for farmworkers, and education reforms. -
Freedom Riders
Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into segregated southern states to challenge the supreme court and segregation. -
24th Amendment
Prohibits conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of poll taxes. Exemplified that "Jim Crow Laws" were being taken down. Poll taxes aimed at the disenfranchise black voters and institute segregation. -
Civil Rights act of 1964
Outlawed discrimination practices based on race, color, gender, or origin. Part of the 14th amendment, prohibited application of voter registration, racial segregation in schools and all public accomidations. -
Assassination of MLK
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis Tennessee. This angered many African Americans and created a lot of violence. -
Voting Rights act of 1965
Signed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, aimed to black legal barriers that prevented African Americans to vote. It outlawed discriminatory voting practices including literacy tests before voting. -
Equal Rights Amendment
Alice Paul introduced the equal rights amendment to congress. Proposed to the U.S Government that they guarantee equal legal rights for ALL AMERICANS regardless of sex.
