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13th amendment
this amendment abolished slavery making illegal to have any type of personal servitude unless it was for punishment. This amendment mainly affected African Americans -
14th amendment
this amendment gave citizenship to all people born in the United states. granting that all people would be protected by the law. This mainly affected former enslaved african americans -
15th amendment
this amendment granted african american men the right to vote. this affected african americans -
Tuskegee Institute created
tuskegge institude was the first "school" that allowed for higher learning for african americans. This was founded by booker t washington. this affected african americans -
Plessy v. Ferguson
plessy v ferguson was the seperate but equal doctorine basically a man was a small percent black but he looked white, the court rules that seperating blacks from whites such as bathrooms and bus seats was not unconstitutional. this affected african americans -
NAACP created
NAACP stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored People its the oldest and largest civil rights organization. it was created by white and black people in response to the ongoing crime against african americans. this affected african americans -
19th Amendment
This amendment gave women the right to vote known as women's suffrage. this affected women -
Executive Order 9981
this order signed by harry S Truman called for the desegragation of the US armed forces. this affected african americans -
Brown v. Board of Education
This court case rules that is was unconstitutional for schools to be segregated. this impacted the civil rights movement greatly by showing that the "separate but equal" was not truly equal. this affected african americans -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This was a protest by african americans where they didnt ride buses because of segregated seating. this was the first large scale protest against segragation. this affected african americans -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed
this was formed just after the Montgomery bus boycott ended. the intentions of this organization was to advance the civil rights movement in a non-violent manner MLK was associated in this origination. this affected african americans -
little rock 9
This was a test of the brown v board of education where 9 black students enlisted into an all white school. the governor called in national guard to black the black students entry. this drew nationwide attention to the civil rights movement. this affected african americans -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
on this day the house of representatives passed the initial civil rights act. promoted by organizations such as the NAACP. trying to get equal rights for all things. this affected african americans. -
Greensboro, NC Sit-ins
african american students staged sit in at a restaurant in Greensboro after being denied service, this quickly spread to many other cities and town around the US. although they usually got arrested it led to restaurants to change their ways. this affected african americans -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed
his was a civil rights group kind of like the SCLC but for younger African Americans. it gave younger people more of a voice on the civil rights movement. this affected african americans -
freedom riders
these were groups of black and white people who would participate in bus trips through the south to protest segregated bus's/terminals. This affected African Americans -
24th amendment
this abolished poll taxes on federal elections. states such as Texas and Arkansas had poll taxes which were purposely aimed for african americans trying to rid their ability to vote. this affected african americans -
Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
MLK and his SCLC activists were imprisoned because of a protest and sit ins they had advancing the movement of civil rights. he then wrote this letter defending his campaign and it became one of the greatest texts of the civil rights movement. this affected African Americans -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
this was probably the greatest achivment for the civil rights movement totally ending segragation in public places and employment discrimination. This affected all groups. -
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed
This was passed to provide equality of sex. and prohibited the discrimination of sex in any way. this affected woman