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13th Amendment
The 13th amendment abolished slavery within the United States -
14th Amendment
Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law. -
15th Amendment
No US citizens shall be denied voting rights. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
It established a legal form of segregation -
NAACP created
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights organization in the United States -
19th Amendment
Women gain the right to vote -
Executive Order 9981
Abolished discrimination in the US Armed Forces -
Brown v. Board of Education
Racial discrimination in public schools is unconstitutional -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Boycott on the Public transit system -
Little rock nine
9 African American Students enrolled at a white high school -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
This was the First bill of Civil Rights passed -
Greensboro, NC Sit-ins
African Americans protested the segregated lunch system -
Freedom Riders
Civil Rights activist who rode on segregated busses into the southern United States -
24th Amendment
Prohibits the government from forcing payment off poll tax -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Law that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, and sex, -
Black Panthers
Was a Black Power political organization founded by college students Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton in October 1966 in Oakland California -
MLK assassinated
MLK was shot at a Motel -
American Indian Movement
Protested against police brutality against Native Americans in minneapolis -
Sandra Day O’Connor appointed to the Supreme Court
Sandra Day O’Connor was nominated by Ronald Reagan to the Supreme Court -
Sonia Sotomayor appointed to the Supreme Court
She was nominated by President Barack Obama on May 26, 2009 to the Supreme Court