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13th Amendment
The thirteenth amendment was created to finally abolish slavery legally. This amendment granted freedom for all slaves in the United States. All three branches agreed on this amendment. -
14th amendment
This amendment protects the rights of citizens of the United States. This was mostly put in place to protect the rights of former slaves. With the new freedom of African americans were more likely to be targeted and not allowed new freedoms. This amendment protects those rights. -
15th Amendment
At this point in time, women couldn't vote, but men could. African men were also prohibited to vote before this amendment was ratified. This give African men the right to vote -
Plessy v.s. Ferguson
This historical event was a Supreme Court case decision that protected the rights of African Americans. It touched on segregation laws in public places. It helped provide segregation on public facilities as long as the segregated areas were in similar conditions. -
NAACP
The NAACP was created to protect and establish the freedoms, and the advancements of colored people. It showed an organized manner for the African population when racism was at a breaking point. It was a very influential organization to advanced freedoms of colored people in politics, education, and greater society. -
19th Amendment
This gave women the right to vote during elections. This amendment changed elections for everyone. Not only did African Americans have the right to vote, women could too! -
Brown v.s. Board of Education
This Supreme court case changed public school from that point on. Supreme court justice Earl Warren ruled segregation of public schools unconstitutional. This was because it violated the 14th amendment. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This was a 13-month boycott against public buses segregating bus seating. The Supreme Court ended this protest by ruling segregation on public transportation is unconstitutional. -
MLK's I Have A Dream Speech
During the March on Washington, this speech was given by Martin Luther King Jr.. This speech was given to promote the idea of the end of slavery. It called of the rights of all people to be in place. This was a major moving point in the civil rights movement. -
Civil Rights Act
This act affected the United States Labor laws. This outlawed the discrimination of sex, race, ethnicity, or religion in the workforce. This also created no discrimination for voting registration. -
voting rights act
This act makes it illegal to discriminate a voter based on race, religion, or gender. This was created to seek all rights of the American voters. This was a step towards the end of segregation, and racism in a political standpoint. -
Malcolm v.s. assasination
Malcolm X was a civil rights activist who was assassinated because of his contribution to the Civil Rights Movement. His father was brutally murdered by the KKK, which led to his family moving to Boston. He was passionate about the civil rights movement and its progression. He was murdered while giving a speech on equal rights. -
Loving v.s. Virginia
This was a Supreme court case that took away state laws against inner racial couples. This occurred because of a white man and a black woman crossed the Virginia state line and wanted to become married. -
MLK's assasination
Martin Luther King Jr. was giving a speech on civil rights when he was shot and killed. A fugitive escaped from prison and was the shooter. This death sent shock waves throughout the white and black communities. several of MLK's speeches created new laws and information. -
Equal Rights Amendment
This amendment was to ensure the equal rights of women. This was first proposed by the National Woman's Political party. It was first proposed in 1923 and wasn't put into place until 1972. It was clearly a struggle for men to let women vote.