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13th Amendment (African Americans)
This amendment abolished slavery. -
14th Amendment (African Americans)
Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law. The 14th amendment has become one of the most used amendments in court to date regarding the equal protection clause. -
15th Amendment (African Americans)
This amendment gave African American men the right to vote. -
Tuskegee Institute Created (African Americans)
University formed by Booker T Washington for young African Americans to get an education. -
Plessy v. Ferguson (African Americans)
Stated that segregated places are allowed if they were equal. Known as ¨separate but equal¨. In reality the colored places were not equal. -
NAACP created (African Americans)
Created to eliminate issues regarding racial discrimination and ensure the well being of every citizen. -
19th Amendment (Women)
This amendment stated that women are allowed to vote. -
Equal Rights Amendment proposed (Women)
Proposed amendment that would guarentee equal rights to both men and women. It did not allow discrimination based on gender. -
Executive Order 9981 (African Americans)
President Truman signed this in order to desegregate the armed forces because African Americans and other races played a big part in the military. -
Brown v. Board of Education (African Americans)
Court case that ruled racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. It was a unanimous decision. -
SCLC formed (African Americans)
Main goal was to non-violently move forward the civil rights movement in the United States. -
Greensboro, NC sit-ins (African Americans)
A group of African American students who sat in at a lunch counter that was segregated. After being denied service, they refused to leave. This movement spread to other towns in the south. -
Chicano Mural Movement (Chicanos)
Artists painted Mexican-American murals on city buildings, schools, housing, and all over cities for the political and social equality of Mexican-Americans. -
Freedom Riders (African Americans)
African Americans rode buses into the south in hopes to end segregation on public transit. They were assaulted and that resulted in the desegregation of public transit. -
March on Washington: ¨I have a dream¨ speech (African Americans)
MLK spoke in order to bring the issues of racial injustice and inequality to the attention of the government and the American public. -
24th Amendment (African Americans)
This amendment states that your right to vote can not be denied because you failed to pay your taxes. Mainly serves to make sure people cannot stop African Americans from voting. -
March from Selma, Alabama (African Americans)
Civil rights activists led by MLK tried to march from Selma to Montgomery, but were attacked and stopped. They were marching to promote the civil rights movement to the capitol Montgomery. -
Black Panthers (African Americans)
Organization that advicated for nationalism, socialism, and self defense for African Americans. -
MLK Assasinated (African Americans)
Led to the outrage of African Americans, as well as national sadness that sped up significant parts of the civil rights movement -
Sandra Day O´Conner (Women)
She was the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court, symbolizing the advancement of women´s rights.
