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Dred Scott Case
Wasn't granted freedom after owner died. He sued, but Supreme Court did not allow. -
Emancipation Proclamation
A document freeing slaves in Southern Confederate states. -
13th Amendment
Abolished slavery, or involuntary work -
14th Amendment
Allowed citizenship to freed slaves -
15th amendment
African American men can now vote -
Jim Crow Laws
They enforced racial segregation until 1965 -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
It upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality – a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal". -
NAACP
Resisted the current violence against people of color. -
19th Amendment
Women's suffrage -
Jackie Robinson
1st Black Major League baseball player -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Abolished separate school based on race -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
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Little Rock Nine
Nine black students went to a school -
March on Washington
Initiated a strong federal civil rights bill in congress -
Freedom Summer
Expanded voting to blacks in the South -
Civil Rights Act
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Selma Marches
Raised awareness of the civil rights movement -
Voting Rights Act
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Black Panthers
Monitored police activities in black communities -
NOW
NOW's purpose was to promote feminist ideals -
Assassination of MLK Jr.
MLK Jr. was killed -
ERA
All US citizens have equal rights -
Title XI
No one can be discriminated against because of sex -
Roe vs. Wade
legalized abortion