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13th Amendment
Abolished slavery -
14th Amendment
Gave citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws. This restrict the basic rights of citizens or other persons. -
15th Amendment
This amendment gave the right to African American men the right to vote -
Plessy vs Feguson
Landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme court and racial segregation laws for public. Facilities were equal in quality -
Mendez vs. Westminster School District of Orange County
This was a federal court case that challenged Mexican remedial schools in Orange County, -
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
This made kids go to the same school no matter what race you from -
The Emmett Till murder
A 14 year old Emmett Till from Chicago was murdered by whites while visiting Mississippi, His alleged crime is saying “Bye, baby” to a white woman in a store for a dare. The case made african americans outrage -
The Montgomery bus boycott
This led to allowing everyone to have the same rights to sit anywhere in the bus -
The Little Rock school crisis
9 Soldier had to protect 9 african american students so they can attend school without getting harm from other students. -
Sit-ins
4 african american students went to a restaurants for whites only and they wanted to order coffee but they were denied even tho they were being friendly and asked nicely.
