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13th Amendment
abolished slavery -
14th Amendment
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
prohibits the federal government from denying citizens the right to vote on the basis of race -
Plessy v Ferguson
“seperate but equal” segregation is okay if there are equal ammenities for colored -
NAACP Created
founded to improve justice for African Americans -
19th Amendment
prohibits the federal and state governments from denying the right to vote of its citizen based on the account of sex -
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Proposed
proposed amendment to the Constitution which was to guarantee all American citizens equal legal rights regardless of sex -
Executive Order 9981
desegregation of the Armed Forces -
Brown v Board of Education
court case that establishes segregation of public schools to be unconstitutional -
Greensboro, NC Sit-ins
civil rights protest where african american students sat at the counter and got food thrown at them and called names but refused to get up; continued this everyday and movements like this began to spread through the south -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed
civil rights activis group that gave the younger generation a voice and an opportunity to have more participation in desegregation -
Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)
began in 1960s in the Mexican-American barrios (spanish speaking slums) within the southwest to depict Mexican-American culture on city buildings, housing projects, schools, and churches -
Freedom Riders
activists that rode interstate buses from the northeast into the segregated south in hopes to desegregate public buses -
Cesar Chavez
Latino civil rights activist who co-founded the National Farmworkers Association along with Dolores Huerta designed to improve the pay, working conditions, and treatment of farmers becuase he had experienced these hardships -
March on Washington: “I have a dream” speech
delivered at the March on Washington, MLK’s most famous work, states that he hopes one day his children will not face the same extent of discrimination that he grew up facing -
24th Amendment
eliminated poll taxes -
Black Panthers
radical political party that focused on using self defense to gain respect from their communities -
Thurgood Marshall appointed to Supreme Court
first African American justice -
Sandra Day O'Connor appointed to Supreme Court
first women to serve on the Supreme Court; appointed by Reagan -
Sonia Sotomayor appointed to Supreme Court
first Hispanic and Latina justice; appointed by Barack Obama
