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13th Amendment African Americans
This amendment abolished slavery in America from the civil war. -
14th Amendment Chicanos
The fourteenth amendment addresses the equality of citizens of America including their rights. -
15th Amendment African American
This amendment outlawed the denial to vote to anyone based off their race. -
Tuskegee Institute establishment African American
Tuskegee University was founded by Booker T. Washington in Alabama to have an institute for African Americans. -
Plessy v. Ferguson African American
This was a case based on how segregation was legal as long as it was ëqual. This enabled the outlaw of equal segregation. -
NAACP Created African American
The National Association of Advancement of Colored People enabled people to band together to discuss the equality of African Americans based on politics and society in New York. -
19th Amendment Women
This outlawed the denial of women to vote. -
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed Women
This was an unratified amendment that banned the disapproval of women to have equal rights. -
Brown v. Board of Education African American
This court case established a ban against racial discrimination for education in schools. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed African American
This organization formed by MLK allowed for people to meet up to discuss the equality of African Americans through non-violence in Atlanta, GA. -
Student Nonviolent Coordination Committee (SNCC) formed African Americans
This was an organization formed at a college in Georgia to allow younger African Americans access to protest for civil rights in Raleigh, North Carolina. -
Chicano (Mural) Movement Chicanos
This was to ensure the better lives of Mexican Americans. Primarily at youth college campuses and urban barrios, boycotts and marches were led. An end goal was to ensure racial pride and unity. -
Cesar Chavez Chicanos
An activist for Latin American movements including the National Farm Workers association to ensure better working conditions for the workers. -
24th Amendment women
This amendment abolished poll taxes allowing more people to vote. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965 African American
This outlawed the denial of rights to vote based on racial segregation -
Black Panthers African Americans
An organization established to support African American pride, self-defense, and nationalism for equality in Oakland, CA. -
Thurgood Marshall appointed to the Surpreme Court African American
President LBJ appointed Thurgood Marshall as the first African American male supreme court. -
American Indian Movement (AIM) Native Americans
his group drew attention to the low livelihood status of Native Americans, including low pay, short life spans, and high unemployment rates). They reclaimed land taken from massacres including the purchase of Alcatraz Island in Minneapolis, Minnesota. -
Sandra Day O'Connor appointed to the Surpreme Court Women
Sandra Day O'Connor was named the first female supreme court justice. This was a major event in history by describing the advancement of women in society. -
Sonia Sotomayor appointed to the Supreme Court Women
As a female latina, Sotomayor was able to be appointed from Barack Obama as supreme court.
