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13th Amendment
The 13th amendment states that slavery were to be abolished and involuntary servitude, except for punishment for crimes. -
14th Amendment
The 14th amendment is that notional citizenship and forbid states from restricting the basic rights of people. It was ratified in 1868. -
15th Amendment
The 15th amendment forbids anyone to deny the voting right of of a citizen no matter what race they are. It mainly granted African American men their voting rights. -
Plessey v. Ferguson
This was the case where it upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation and was called "separate, but equal". -
Truman Desegregates The Military
President Truman abolished the racial segregation in the military forces which eventually led to the end of segregation. -
Brown v. Board of Education
This case came to an end with the court declaring that the separation of public schools for colored and white students were unconstitutional. -
Rosa Parks / Montgomery Bus Boycott
Montgomery Bus Boycott was a protest campaign against racial segregation on public transit. Rosa Parks was the woman who sat in the front of the bus despite rules and was jailed. The court declared that it was unconstitutional to separate public transit. -
Little Rock Crisis
This event occurred when nine African American students enrolled into an all white school despite the racial segregation. They were prevented from entering school campus and soon the court declared this unconstitutional. -
Sit-in Movement
The sit in movement was when a group of people sat in the white only section without caring about the racial disadvantage. They sat in protest until police came long. -
Freedom Riders
A group of people (both colored and white) took a bus down South to challenge the racial segregation. They were launched to challenge segregation on interstate buses and terminal buses. -
James Meredith and Ole Miss
Segregationists were protesting the enrollment of James Meredith which was "rejected" even after the act of Brown v. Board of Ed. This led to violence on campus and people were killed that night of the event. -
Letter From a Birmingham Jail
This letter defends the the strategy of of nonviolent resistance of racism. It was written by Martin Luther King Jr. -
March on Washington / "I have s Dream" Speech
The March on Washington was directed to jobs and freedom. I have a dream speech was a speech given by Martin Luther King which directed to the freedom and rights he'd like everyone to have. -
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer was a voter registration project in Mississippi to expand black voting in the South. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act ended segregation in public places. Employment discrimination was on sex, race, religion, or color was banned. -
Selma March
600 people planned to march from Selma to Montgomery which was a demonstration march. It wasn't until then they were attacked and bullied half way. -
Voting Rights Act
This act was aimed to overcome legal barriers at state and local levels to help African Americans vote.
