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13th Amendment
Formally abolished slavery. The amendment never actually says the term “slave” but refers to all bound to service for an amount of time. This amendment was signed under President Abraham Lincoln. -
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
Stated all men could vote regardless of race, color, or previous condition of servitude (former slaves). Women still were not allowed to vote. -
Tuskegee Institute created
private university for colored people seeking higher education. Still serves a predominantly black student body today. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
first major inquiry to the 14th Amendment. The case challenged the “equal-protection” clause. Which says that states cannot deny any person “equal protection of the laws”. -
NAACP created
Created to end segregation in housing, voting, education, transportation. The goal was to ensure African Americans of their constitutional rights, and stop the white public from continuing to be prejudiced. -
19th Amendment
Finally ended women’s suffrage and granted them the right to vote. -
Executive Order 9981
President Harry Truman abolishes slavery in the military after African Americans risked their lives defending their coutry in WWII. -
Brown v. Board of Education
The Supreme Court ruled that any segregation or separation within school violated the 14th Amendment, specifically that all people regardless of race have the right to decent public education. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
political and social protest against the laws of segregation. Boycotted all public transportation in Montgomery, Alabama. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
first federal civil rights legislation passed by congress since the 1800’s. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed
African American civil rights organization. Founded by Martin Luther King Jr. and is a Christian organization. -
Little Rock 9
A group of nine African American students who sought to integrate into Little Rock High School. The Student were initially stopped by city governor Orval Faubus. -
Greensboro, NC Sit-ins
This was the beginning of the non violent protest sit ins. This spread throughout college towns in the south. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed
Main channel for students and youth commitment to helping colored people gain rights. -
Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)
Started by the Mexican American youth. Huge murals were painted on public walls displaying Mexican American culture. -
Freedom Riders
Rode public buses into the south, sat in the wrong area of the bus, vandalized the bus, sometimes set buses on fire to protest the segregation of public buses. -
Cesar Chavez
Founded the US farm workers union. fought for better conditions for farm workers and hispanic people. -
Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
His letter defends non violent protest to racism, claiming that man has a moral obligation to protest unjust laws. -
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed
Unratified amendment that was designed to invalidate any state or federal laws that discriminated against women.
