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13h amendment
Says no slavery unless its punishment for a crime -
14th Amendment 1868 version
Gave all old slaves citizenship and equal protection -
Civil rights act 1875
Gave everyone access to public stuff like transportation and stuff like that but it was overturned in 1883 because it was unconstitutional -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Court said that racial segregation in public didn't violate the 14th Amendment as long as everything for different races were equal -
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The Great Migration
African Americans were moving from the rural south to the more northern cities and there were millions -
The Tuskegee Airmen
First African American pilots and they were trained in Tuskegee, Alabama and thats why there called Tuskegee airmen -
Executive order 9981
Executive order by President Harry S. Truman that made segregation by race illegal in the military. President Harry S. Truman on July 26, 1948 -
Brown vs board
No more segregation in schools -
Emmet mills murder
Emmet mill was murdered for allegedly offending store clerk -
Rosa parks
Rosa parks was told to get out of her seat -
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Civil rights meetings
60 total Black Civil rights leaders and pastors Met up in Atlanta for a discussion about non violent protests. -
Peaceful Protests
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Little Rock nine
Black teens blocked from entering school and troops had to escort them -
Civil rights act of 1957
Allowed Federal Officials to interfere with people stopping others from voting -
Greensberg sit ins
4 Black students had a sit in sitting at a whites-only lunch counter at a Woolworth's store in Greensboro, North Carolina -
Ruby Bridges
Ruby bridges was 6 years old when she had to be escorted to class by 4 Federal armed troops. -
The March on Washington
This is where martin luther king did his i have a dream speech -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
NO SEGREGATION AT ALL -
Fair Housing Act of 1968
Anyone can buy a house and they cant say no based on skin, gender, religion or disability -
Americans with Disabilities Act
Prohibits discrimination on people with disability's