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13th Amendment (African Americans)
It abolished slavery in the U.S. and it was a step closer to equal rights towards African Americans. -
14th Amendment (Every minority group)
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)
Allowed African American men have the right to vote in elections and it was another step towards equality in the U.S. -
Tuskegee Institute created (African Americans)
A new institute in Alabama primarily for African Americans and it was a new opportunity for African Americans to get an education. -
Plessy v. Ferguson (Whites)
Segregation was legal in public facilities known as separate but equal a step backwards from equality because it was never really equal. -
NAACP created (African Americans)
A civil rights organization that helped get justice for African Americans and it helped African Americans get the rights humans deserved. -
19th Amendment (Women)
Gave women the right to vote in elections and was a step closer towards the rights of women. -
Executive Order 9981 (Every minority group)
It abolished the discrimination in the military in the United States and it helped more troops get more rights. -
Brown v. Board of Education (African Americans)
It was a law that stated that racial segregation in schools was not constitutional and it helped African Americans get educational rights they did not have before. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott (African Americans)
A boycott against segregation in the public transport system and it started a movement that no African Americans would ride the busses unless there was no segregation. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed (African Americans)
President was Martin Luther King Jr. which was formed to help completely eradicate racial discrimination and segregation against African Americans, while help with social equality. -
Little Rock 9 (African Americans)
Governor of Arkansas (Orval Faubus) called the National Guard to stop 9 African American students from entering Little Rock Central High School. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957 (Every minority group)
It helped with Civil Rights in the Justice System and helped get rid of others who thought that everyone should not be treated equal. -
Greensboro, NC Sit-ins (African Americans)
Non violent protests against racial segregation, mainly took place in the Woolworth Store. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed (Every minority group)
Young people of America started non-violent campaigns against racism, segregation, and many other forms of inequality in the United States. -
Chicano Movement (Mural Movement) (Chicano)
In the Southwest, many artists started drawing on city buildings, schools, churches, and many other things to give notice to Mexican-American culture in America. -
Freedom Riders (African Americans)
On a bus, civil rights activists rode buses into segregated cities to protest the inequality and challenge the supreme court decision in the case of Morgan v. Virginia. -
Cesar Chavez (Chicano)
Co-founded the National Farm Workers association and helped workers into labor which would help them with better pay and that would provide better living conditions. -
Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” (African Americans)
In his letter, he basically said that he should have the right to fight for justice even in non-violent forms of protest. -
March on Washington: “I have a dream” speech (African Americans)
He had a dream that America would one day end racism, have economic rights for everyone, and civil rights for every single person too. -
24th Amendment (Every minority group)
Any person regardless of race or gender is allowed the right to vote. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Every minority group)
The act that outlawed discrimination based on religion, gender, or skin color and also prohibits unequal rights on the right to vote. -
March from Selma, Alabama (African Americans)
Martin Luther King Jr. led a nonviolent march from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama to protect African Americans from obstacles from their voting rights. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965 (African Americans)
There would be no more tests against African Americans in the right to vote. -
Black Panthers (African Americans)
Party of self defense and an organization representing black socialism, nationalism, and armed self-defense. -
Thurgood Marshall appointed to the Supreme Court (African Americans)
Challenged racial segregation and was successful with it, won 29 out of 32 cases and most notably won Brown v. Board of Education. -
MLK assassinated (African Americans)
He was killed on a balcony that was on the second floor of a Motel in Memphis. He was there because he was fighting for the sanitation conditions for African American works along with helping them get better pay. -
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed (Women)
Allow for equality despite gender or sex in the United States and it was another step towards equality mainly for women. -
Sandra Day O’Connor appointed to the Supreme Court (Women)
She was the first woman to serve on the highest part of the Supreme Court and was a Key vote to many cases because of her insight. -
Sonia Sotomayor appointed to the Supreme Court (Women & Chicano)
First Puerto Rican descent to serve on the high court, appointed to the United States supreme court in 2009 and became a U.S. district court judge.
