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14th Amendment
This amendment defines our citizenship. -
15th Amendment
Gives everybody the right of suffrage regardelss of race, gender, age, ect. -
Eleanor Roosevelt
Born on this date, Eleanor Roosevelt was the first lady who had the longest term. During her husbands four terms, she served as first lady from 1933 to 1945. -
Plessy Vs. Ferguson
Yet another event in which segregation was questioned in the United States. -
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from October 1967 until October 1991 -
Lyndon Baines Johnson
He was the 36th president of the Unnited States of America. -
NAACP
This was established as support for colored people. -
Orval Faubus
He was the 36th governer of Arkansas. -
Rosa Parks
She was an african american civil rights activist who is known for refusing to ive up her seat on a bus for a white man. -
Hector P. Garcia
Born on this date, hector P. Garcia was a physician, surgeon, World War II veteran, and founder of the American G.I. Forum. -
19th Amendment
Gives women the right of suffrage. -
George Wallace
Born on this dtae, George Wallace was the 45th governor of Alabama. After many unsuccessful attemps to become President of the U.S., he was labeled as "The Most Influencial Loser." -
Betty Friedan
Born on this date, Betty Friedan was an american author. She wrote a book in 1963 called "The Feminine Mystique". Many people say this book started the second wave of American Feminism. -
Cesar Chavez
Born on this date, Cesar Chavez was a Latino farm worker. He cofounded the National Farm Workers Association. -
Martin Luther King Jr.
Born on this date, Martin Luther King Junior was an Afircan- American Civil Rights Activist. He is most known for his "I Had A Dream" speech. -
LULAC
This was an organization created to stop racial tension with Mexicans. -
Dolores Huerta
Born on this date, Dolores Huerta was a Labor Leader who aided Cesar Chavez in co-founding the National Farm Workers Association. -
Social Security
This ensures that retired people get money to survive on. -
Barbara Jordan
February 21, 1936 in Houston Texas, Barbara Jordan was born. She was the first black person elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction. She was also the first southern black woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. When she died she was the first black woman to be buried in the Texas State Cemetery. -
Federal Housing Authority
This ensures that people will be able to get loans for homes and other big purchases. -
Delgado Vs. Bastrop
This was the atempt to end segregation of Hispanics in the school system. -
Congress on Racial Equality
A group made to support racial equality. -
Mendez Vs. Westminster
Federal court case that demolished segregation in schools in Orange County, California. -
Sweatt Vs. Painter
This questioned the Plessy "seperate but equal" case. -
Civil Rights Movement
Lasting from 1950 all the way to 1980, the Civil Rights Movement was the period of time when peope fought for equal rights. -
Hernandez Vs. Texas
US Supreme Court case that decided that Mexican Americans and all other racial groups in the United States had equal protection under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution -
Brown Vs. Board of Education on Topica Kansas
"separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." -
Sonia Sotomayor
Sonia Maria Sotomayor is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving since August 2009. -
Southern Christan Leadership Conference.
Many misisters and preachers like Martin Luthur King Jr got together on January 10, 1957. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Led to the integration of many schools in the US. -
Medicare
This was created to offer seniors and children with disablities proper health care. -
Great Society
The Great Society was a political idea that promised to end poverty and racial injustice. -
La Rosa Unida
This was the unification of Mexicans and White people. -
Militant Protests
these kinds of protests used violence to get their points across. -
Non-Violent Protests
This was a tactic used in the 1900's and still today to get points across using non-violent methods, such as marches. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Commitee
This commitee was made mostly of college students. They wanted to stop violence and inequality in the U.S. -
Affirmation Action
This was a way to promote not using discrimination. -
24th Amendment
States that people can lose voting rights if they don't pay their poll taxes. -
March On Washington
This was the March for the right to have jobs and integration through Washington. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This outlawed any and all discrimination in the United States. -
Head Start
A program that was established to offer early education to chidren with parents who couldn't afford an education for them. -
Upward Bound
The goal of this program is to offer better oppurtunities to High School students. -
25th Amendment
Defines presidential succession. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Outlawed discrimaination against voters. -
National Organization For Women
This group was support for the fight for equal rights for women. -
Black Panthers
This group used militant protest to figh for equality. -
United Farm Workers
Farm workers wated better working conditions. -
American Indian Movement
This was established in 1968 and focused on soveiranty for the American Indians. -
Tinker Vs. Des Moines
This case is still used to this day to determine wether a schools diciplinary laws are violating the first admendement. -
26th Amendment
Establishes the right to vote for anybody 18 and over. -
Title IX
Although this was originally written to get rid of discrimination, it ended up energizing the Women Rights movement. -
Edgewood ISD vs Kirby
William Kirby was accused of discriminating agaisnt poor students.
