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thirteenth amendment
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction. -
fourteenth amendment
All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. -
fifteenth amendment
The 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 -
nation of islam is founded
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CORE was founded
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Malcolm little was arrested
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executive order 9981
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ruby bridges
is an American activist known for being the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz -
Murder of Emmitt Till
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montgomery bus boycott
On December 1, 1955, four days before the boycott began, Rosa Parks, an African-American woman, refused to yield her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus. She was arrested and fined. The boycott of public buses by blacks in Montgomery began on the day of Parks' court hearing and lasted 381 days. -
southern manifesto
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SCLC was founded
With the goal of redeeming ''the soul of America'' through nonviolent resistance -
Civil rights act of 1957
primarily a voting rights bill, was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. -
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freedom ride
Freedom Rides sought to test a 1960 decision by the Supreme Court in Boynton v. Virginia that segregation of interstate transportation facilities, including bus terminals, was unconstitutional as well. -
letter from Birmingham jail
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murder of medgar evers
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Bombing of 16th street baptist church
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24th amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President for electors for President or Vice President, or for Senator or Representative in Congress, shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. -
freedom summer
It was a project in mississippi. Was an attempt to register as many African-American voters as possible in Mississippi. -
civil rights act of 1964
is a landmark civil rights and US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
malcolm x assassinated
one week after his home was firebombed, Malcolm X was shot to death by Nation of Islam members while speaking at a rally -
voting rights act of 1965
aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment -
watts riots
sometimes referred to as the Watts Rebellion, took place in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles from August 11 to 16, 196 -
black panthers founded
for Self-Defense, African American revolutionary party -
kerner commission
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civil rights act of 1968
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bloody sunday
