-
The Dred Scott Case
He tried to get rights but couldn't -
Emancipation Proclamation
Slaves became free. -
13th Amendment
A law to protect the newly freed people. -
14th Amendment
A law that made everyone a citizen. -
15th Amendment
Everyone is equal now. -
Jim Crow Laws
Limit the freedom and opportunity of people of color. -
Plessy vs Ferguson
Allowed 'separate but equal,' also known as segregation, to become law in the United States. -
Creation of the NAACP
To patrol African American neighborhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality. -
19th Amendment
The women's suffrage movement was founded in the mid-19th century by women who had become politically active through their work in the abolitionist and temperance movements. -
Jackie Robinson Breaks The Color Barrier
They were allowed to play any sports they wanted now (KINDA) -
Brown vs The Topeka Board of Education
The justices ruled unanimously that racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional. -
Little Rock Nine
The little rock nine have on the civil rights is that the little rock nine was nine black students enrolled at formerly all-white Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, -
The March on Washington
A march for jobs and freedom -
"I Have a Dream" Speech
Martin Luther King Jr. stands in front of a big group and gives his speech. -
Freedom Summer
People were beaten even murdered because they wanted to be equal -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Prohibits unequal application of voter registration requirements, and racial segregation in schools, employment, and public accommodations. -
Voting Rights of 1965
Outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. -
Selma, Alabama Marches
Marchers fought for the right to carry out their protest, President Lyndon Johnson addressed a joint session of Congress, calling for federal voting rights legislation to protect African Americans from barriers that prevented them from voting. -
Creation of the Black Panther Party
To patrol African American neighbourhoods to protect residents from acts of police brutality. -
NOW
To take action through intersectional grassroots activism to promote feminist ideals, lead societal change, eliminate discrimination, and achieve and protect the equal rights of all women and girls in all aspects of social, political, and economic life. -
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
Fatally shot at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee -
Title XI
Bans sex discrimination in any federally funded education program, was signed into law. -
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
The United States Constitution designed to guarantee equal legal rights for all American citizens regardless of sex. -
Roe vs Wade
Women are allowed to decided to terminate the baby or not.