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13th Ammendment
The Thirteenth Amendment was added to get rid of slavery and involuntary servitude, unless it was punishment for a crime. It was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, and by the House on January 31, 1865. -
14th Ammendment
The Fourteenth Amendment was added on July 9, 1868, it was a Reconstruction Amendment. The amendment made citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws and was proposed because of issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War -
15th Ammendment
The 15th Amendment to the Constitution allowed African American men the right to vote calling it "right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark ruling of the U.S. Supreme Court issued in 1896. It kept the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal". -
NAACP
The NAACP is the interracial American organization created to work for the abolition of segregation and discrimination in housing, education, employment, voting, and transportation; to oppose racism; and to ensure African Americans their constitutional rights. -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote, prohibiting any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex. It was ratified on August 18, 1920 after a long struggle known as the women's suffrage movement. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, case in which US Supreme Court ruled with a vote of 9–0 that racial segregation in public schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment. -
MLK Jr. - “I Have a Dream” speech
The I Have a Dream speech was spoken by Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963, in which he calls for an end to racism in the United States and called for civil and economic rights. -
Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act was a civil rights and US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination. It prohibits unequal application of voter registration requirements, racial segregation in schools, employment, and public accommodations. -
Malcolm X Assassination
Malcolm X was an American Muslim minister and human rights activist. He has a lot to do with advocating for the rights of blacks, and called out White Americans for their crimes against black Americans. Some people accused him of preaching racism and violence. -
Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson. its goal was to overcome legal problems at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote as guaranteed under the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. -
Loving v. Virginia
Loving v. Virginia, was a important civil rights decision of the United States Supreme Court which took down all state laws banning interracial marriage. The vote was followed by an increase in interracial marriages in the U.S. and is remembered annually on Loving Day. -
MLK Jr. Assassination
Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to death at a hotel in Memphis, Tennessee. James Earl Ray killed him from over 200 feet away at a nearby motel struck King in the neck. He died at St. Joseph’s Hospital. -
Equal Rights Amendment
The Equal Rights Amendment is a proposed amendment to the United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of gender. its goal was to to end the legal differences between men and women in terms of divorce, property, employment, and other matters. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks, a 42-year-old African American seamstress, seated in a segregated bus, refused to give up her seat to a white man. It sparked the 13-month Montgomery Bus Boycott and resulted in an early and significant victory for the Civil Rights movement.