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13th amendment was passed
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States which was important because, slaves were free people and had a voice which was a huge and much needed change. -
14th amendment was passed
This amendment forbids any state from depriving citizens of their rights and privileges and defines citizenship. This was important because, now pwoplw were equal citizens. -
15th amendment passed
This amendment prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote. This was important becuase, any citizen no matter race, religon or anyhting could vote and no one could take that away from them. -
Plessy vs Feguson
This was ehen the supreme court ruled that separate but equal facilities for different races is legal. This was impoertant because, some resterants wouldnt serve anyone but white people, and their were seperate water fountains for each race, which wasnt reallym equal but somehow that law passed. -
Booker T. Washington writes up from slavery
This was when washington thought by changing peoples apperiences would get then more oppertunites. This was important because, it ws the firast time anyone really cared about people other than white people to get opportunites. -
Korematsu v. U.S.
This was when the supreme court ruled that concentration camps were a wartime necessity. This was important because, america and korea botha had concentration camps and they had to have them now wheather they needed them or not. -
Mendez vs. Westminster School District of Orange County
This was a disagreement between Mendez and the school board for not allowing his childeren to go to their school because they were mexican - american childern. This was important because someone needed to step up and say something about this segregation from mexican peoples to white peoples and he got equal rights for kids to go to the same school no matter their race. -
Jackie Robinson joins Brooklyn Dodgers
This was when he became the first black person to play major league baseball in modern times. This was important beacuse,he broke the color barrier betweent blacks and whites. -
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
This was when the supreme court reversed Plessy by saying that separate schools are by nature unequal. This was important because, unequal things were in the past and people thought tey were past that. -
rosa parks
This historical moment was a huge step for equal right between all races. This was when rosa parks refused to go sit on the back of the bus. -
Letter from Birmingham jail
when mlk wrote a letter to the whie ministers on how they treat people unfairly. This was important because, someone finally stood up and told them hey youre doing it wrong things should be equal. -
medgar evers assasonated
This was when he was shot outside his home on the same night that Pres. Kennedy addresses the nation on race, asking Are we to say to the world that this is a land of the free except for Negroes. This was important becuase evers was trying to get black people to be accepted just like white people and after that statement he died. -
March on Washington
This was where blacks and whites got together to hear speaches about equality and about segregation. This was important because, both sides could hear about the other and hopefully cometogether for peace. -
Bombing of Birmingham church
when 4 girls were killed in a bomming of church. This was important because maybe a rasict person set the bomb their kinowing black people would be their. -
Malcolm X assassinated
He was killed by black opponets and this was important because he was also a civil rights activist and believed in equality so when this happened people got scared for MLK. -
King gets assassinated
martin luther king jr gets shot in the head by James Earl Ray. this was important because MLK was a main civial rights leader and him being killed was a big deal for change and for people to help perssue his dream more.
