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13th Amendment
Abolished slavery/ involuntary servitude. Does not include punishment for crime. -
Plessy V Ferguson
U.S. supreme court case that granted and upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation, better known as "separate but not equal". This happened as a result of a man named Homer Plessy refusing to sit in the back train car. -
14th Amendment
Granted rights of citizenship to all people born in the U.S. which included African Americans -
15th Amendment
Gave all U.S citizens (men) the right to vote, could not discriminate against race, religion, color, etc when voting. -
NAACP created
NAACP stands for National Association of the Advancement of Colored People and it was created by multiple activists including W. E. B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells. It was created to to advance justice for African Americans nation wide. -
19th Amendment
The right to vote is no longer discriminatory of sex- all genders can vote (women's suffrage) -
Executive Order 9981
Order issued by president Truman that stated that it is illegal to racial discriminate in the U.S Armed Forces- all races could join the services. -
Brown V Board of Education
U.S Supreme Court case that abolished racial segregation in public schools, allowed schools to be racially integrated. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
peaceful political and social protest held by mainly African Americans to fight racial segregation on public transport. People refused to take the bus which hurt public transportations financially. -
SCLC founded
The Souther Christian Leadership Conference was a civil rights organization, founded by Martin Luther King, was the people behind the Montgomery Bus Boycott and successfully boycotted the bus system for over a year. -
Little Rock Nine
After public schools became integrated, nine African American students were allowed to enroll at Little Rock high school in Arkansas. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
U.S legislation created a new act which established the U.S Supreme Court's section of justice department and initiated a greater role in protecting the rights of minorities. -
SNCC founded
The Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee was a civil rights group that was formed to give younger African Americans a louder voice in the civil rights movement. -
Freedom Riders
A group of civil rights activists who rode buses into more heavily segregated southern towns to challenge their practices and uphold the law which made segregation illegal. -
24th Amendment
Outlawed the practice of poll taxes or any type of money collection in order to cast a vote in the presidential election. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act established by legislation ended segregation in public schools, employment, and voting polls. Extension and Emphasis on pre existing civil rights laws. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Act passed by President Johnson which aimed to break all legal barriers and discrimination that kept minorities from voting. Outlawed discriminatory practices like literacy tests. -
MLK Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed by James Earl Ray in Memphis, Tennessee at the Lorraine Motel. This sparked angry and violent protests by civil rights activists. -
Chicano Movement
Civil rights movement extending the Mexican American civil rights movement with a the goal of achieving Mexican American empowerment. -
Equal Rights Amendment
A proposed amendment to the US constitution created to ensure the equal and civil rights of every American no matter the sex.
