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13th Amendment (African Americans)
The 13th amendment abolished slavery. This was significant because it ended slavery in south, which is where there was a lot of slavery. -
14th Amendment (African American)
The 14th amendment gave rights for citizenship,equal protection of the law, and due process of law. The 14th amendment was significant because it was used a lot during this time in court due to the equal protection clause. -
15th Amendment (African Americans, Chicano, Native Americans)
This amendment gives the right to vote for any race. This amendment was significant because now there will be less discrimination against voting rights of all people. -
Plessy v. Ferguson (African Americans)
Plessy v. Ferguson was a court case that challenged the constitutionality of racial segregation. This was significant because it established the constitutionality of racial segregation. -
NAACP created (African Americans)
The NAACP was the National Association for the Advancement of the Colored People. This was significant because it eliminated racial discrimination for colored people and ensured political, educational, social, and economic equality for rights of the people. -
19th Amendment (women)
This amendment gave the rights to all women to vote. This was significant because it gave everyone who were U.S citizens the right to vote no matter the gender or race of the citizen. -
Brown v. Board of Education (African Africans)
This court case was about racial segregation of public schools. This was significant because it was unconstitutional and disregarded the 14th amendment. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott (African Americans)
The boycott was a protest against racial segregation on public transportation. This was significant because the African Americans wanted to have equal rights with the whites by protesting segregation. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957 (African Americans)
The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was a civil rights legislation passed by Congress and was signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower. This is significant because it protected the civil rights of people and outlawed segregation in public and gave the federal government power to fight back. -
Little Rock 9 (African Americans)
This was a way for the people to fight for equal opportunity for the people. They decided to challenge segregation in public schools. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed (African Americans)
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was a group of students who created nonviolent and direct action campaigns against segregation. This is significant because the young African Americans had more of a say in the civil rights movement. -
Chicano Movement (Mural Movement) (Chicano)
The Chicano Movement took place in the Mexian American neighborhoods in the south and created art using walls of city buildings, schools, and churches. This is significant because this was a way that the hispanics could express their culture and helped achieve political and social equality for them. -
Freedom Riders (African American)
Freedom riders were civil right activists who traveled to the south on interstate buses in an effort to desegregate interstate transportation. This was significant because this led to an end in racial segregation by testing the decision for the court case Boynton v. Virginia due to the segregation the blacks were facing in transportation. -
March on Washington: "I have a dream" speech (African American)
he “I have a dream speech” was a speech given by civil rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr., during the March on Washington. This was significant because he wanted an end to the discrimination of races and racial inequality. He used this speech in order to spread the injustices that people of other races experienced. -
24th Amendment (African American)
The 24th amendment prohibited poll taxes for citizens. This was significant because African Americans couldn’t vote due to discrimination, but due to this amendment, they could now vote. -
Cesar Chavez (Chicano)
Cesar Chavez was a Latino American civil rights activist. He was significant because he created the National Farm Workers Association, United Workers union, in hopes to improve treatment, pay, and working conditions for the farmers, due to the hardships they had faced. -
March on Selma, Alabama (African American)
The march from Selma, Alabama was a series of protest marches from Selma to Montgomery, the capital of Alabama. This march led to the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to protect African Americans and allow them to vote. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965 (African American)
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was a law signed by President Lyndon B Johnson, which allowed African Americans to vote. This was significant because barriers, like poll taxes and literacy tests, were removed from the ability to vote. -
Black Panthers (African American)
The Black Panthers were a self-defense organization founded by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton. They were significant because they wanted to end police brutality for the black people and wanted to gain freedom. -
American Indian Movement (AIM) (Native Americans)
The American Indian Movement was a movement to end poverty and police brutality for Native Americans. This was significant because it protected the rights for Native Americans and helped with restoration for their land. -
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) (Women)
This amendment gave all U.S citizens equal legal rights, regardless of gender. This was significant because all citizens, both male and female, were now allowed to vote, so men and women were starting to gain more equal rights.
