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13th ammendment
slavery was outlawed -
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civil rights timeline
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14th ammendment
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
rights are not determined by a persons skin color -
Tuskegee Institute created
private historical african american college was created -
Plessy v. Ferguson
created racial discrimination laws -
NAACP created
civil rights group -
19th Amendment
voting rights -
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed
equal rights regardless of gender -
Executive Order 9981
abolished discrimination -
Brown v. Board of Education
no racial segregation in schools -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
protest of racially segregated buses -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed
civil rights movement group led by MLK -
Little Rock 9
1st 9 african american students when racial segregation in schools ended -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
1st federal civil rights legislation passed by the U.S -
Greensboro, NC Sit-ins
protesting restaurants who racially discriminate -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed
nonviolent student civil right activist group -
Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)
mexican american civil rights activist group -
Freedom Riders
civil rights activists that rode the buses down south -
Cesar Chavez
mexican american activist -
Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
letter written from MLK while he was serving time in prison -
March on Washington: “I have a dream” speech
mlk’s famous i have a dream speech -
24th Amendment
must pay taxes to vote -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
ended segregation -
March from Selma, Alabama
protest against discrimination of african americans -
Black Panthers
political party -
Thurgood Marshall appointed to the Supreme Court
he was appointed to the supreme court bench -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
prohibited racial discrimination in voting -
MLK assassinated
mlk was shot to death -
American Indian Movement (AIM)
civil rights for american indians -
Sandra Day O’Connor appointed to the Supreme Court
1st women appointed to the supreme court -
Sonia Sotomayor appointed to the Supreme Court
1st latina female appointed