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Jim Crow /laws
State and local laws enforcing racial segregation in the Southern United States. -
Black codes
These laws had the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans' freedom, and of compelling them to work in a labor economy based on low wages or debt. -
13th Amendment
It states that "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. -
14th Amendment
Granted citizenship to “all persons born or naturalized in the United States,” which included former slaves recently freed. -
15th Amendment
Prohibiting the restriction of voting rights “on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.” -
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Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy attempted to sit in an all white railroad car. After being asked to move and refusing to sit in the black railway carriage car, Plessy was arrested for violating an 1890 Louisiana statute. -
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Thurgood Marshall
An associate Justice for the United Stated Suprime Court -
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Orville Faubus
Former Govoner of Arkansas. -
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Rosa Parks
Rosa Parks was an African-American Civil Rights activist most known for not giving up hr seat on a segregated bus -
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Hector P. Garcia
A Mexican-American physician, surgeon, World War II veteran, civil rights advocate, and founder of the American G.I. Forum -
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Lester Madox
An American politician who was the 75th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia from 1967 to 1971. -
19th Amendment
Woman's right to vote -
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George Wallace
Former Govoner of Alabama. Democradic party -
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Betty Friedan
An American writer, activist, and feminist. A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States -
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Cezar Chavez
An American farm worker, labor leader and civil rights activist, who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association -
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Born in Atlanta, GA, M.L.K. Jr. was an American Baptist minister, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement before being assassinated in TN. -
20th Amendment
Sets the dates at which federal (United States) government elected offices end. In also defines who succeeds the president if the president dies. -
Federal Housing Authority
The Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is a United States government agency created as part of the National Housing Act of 1934. It sets standards for construction and underwriting and insures loans made by banks and other private lenders for home building. -
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Montgomery Bus Boycott
A seminal event in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement. A political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of Montgomery, Alabama. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
The Act marked the first occasion since Reconstruction that the federal government undertook significant legislative action to protect civil rights -
Sit-ins
Following the Oklahoma City sit-ins, the tactic of non-violent student sit-ins spread. The Greensboro sit-ins at a Woolworth's in Greensboro, North Carolina, launched a wave of anti-segregation sit-ins across the South and opened a national awareness of the depth of segregation in the nation. -
The Civil Rights Act of 1964
Equal protection of the laws -
24th Amendment
prohibiting any poll tax in elections for federal officials. -
26th Amendment
The right to vote at 18 years of age -
Title IX (9)
A comprehensive federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity -
Upward Bound
COE is dedicated to furthering the expansion of college opportunities for low-income, first-generation students, veterans and students with disabilities in all 50 states.
