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The end of slavery in the U.S.
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Rights of citizenship, due process, and equal protection of the law
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The right of citizens to vote despite race or color
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Homer Plessy was mixed, mostly Caucasian, man but was arrested when he sat in the whites only section on a bus. The bus driver wanted him off the bus yet he resisted and was arrested. He took his case to court and was ruled in the wrong, the event later inspired the saying, "separate but equal" setting the basis of the Jim Crow Laws.
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The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was created to promote equality for people of all color
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The right of citizens to vote despite the person's sex
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An amendment was created to guarantee equal rights to all Americans despite sex
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The order President Truman signed to abolish discrimination in the military
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The case that helped the U.S. Supreme Court decide that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional
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Mexican American movement where they would paint murals showing Hispanic culture
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Civil Rights Activists who rode interstate buses into segregated southern US states to challenge the supreme court
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After MLKJ was arrested he wrote a letter justifying his beliefs in civil disobedience
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Delivered by MLKJ, the speech was about his dream to one day end segregation and live in a discrimination free world
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Citizens have the right to vote in any election and will not have to pay a poll tax
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 banned the use of voter registration, banned discrimination in public places, withheld federal funds from programs that practiced discrimination, and established the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission which banned discrimination for employers and unions
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was passed by President Johnson prohibited discriminatory voting practices that had been implemented into the South
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The Black Panthers were a group of military young African Americans who believed in the idea of self defense and socialism
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MLKJ was in Memphis, Tn when he was shot standing on the back balcony of his hotel. His death produced a spark in the growth of the Black Panther movement
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Also known as the Red Movement. Focused on the renewal of traditional culture and independence. This movement gave natives the freedom
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Sandra Day O'Connor was the first woman ever appointed to the Supreme Court
