Civil Rights

By gdoan004
  • 13th Amendment (African Americans)

    13th Amendment (African Americans)

    Abolishes Slavery
  • 14th Amendment (All groups)

    14th Amendment (All groups)

    Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law
  • 15th Amendment (African Americans [and maybe native Americans?])

    15th Amendment (African Americans [and maybe native Americans?])

    Right to vote should not be denied on account of race or color
    (African American males right to vote)
  • Tuskegee Institute created

    Tuskegee Institute created

    Founded by Booker T. Washington, “established a normal school for colored teachers”. Provided students with academic and vocational training
  • Plessy v. Ferguson (African Americans)

    Plessy v. Ferguson (African Americans)

    Establishes “Separate but equal”
  • NAACP created (African Americans)

    NAACP created (African Americans)

    Key founder: W.E.B. Du Bois. National Association for the
    Advancement of Colored People. Civil Rights organization to help fight for African American rights.
  • 19th Amendment (Women)

    19th Amendment (Women)

    Right to vote should not be denied on the account of sex (Women get the right to vote)
  • Executive Order 9981 (African Americans and Native Americans)

    Executive Order 9981 (African Americans and Native Americans)

    President Truman abolished discrimination "on the basis of race,
    color, religion or national origin" in the military (integrated units)
  • Brown v. Board of Education (African Americans)

    Brown v. Board of Education (African Americans)

    Integrated public schools. Overturns Plessy v. Ferguson.
  • Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed (African Americans)

    Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed (African Americans)

    Advance civil rights in a non-violent manner. Key member: MLK
  • Little Rock 9 (African Americans)

    Little Rock 9 (African Americans)

    Governor Orval Faubus prevented 9 African American students
    from entering the high school. President Eisenhower uses National Guard to protect students entry into the school.
  • Greensboro, NC Sit-ins (African Americans)

    Greensboro, NC Sit-ins (African Americans)

    Four African American students sat at a whites only lunch counter
    and refused to leave after being denied service. Protesting racial segregation.
  • March on Washington: “I have a dream”speech (African Americans)

    March on Washington: “I have a dream”speech (African Americans)

    He called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the
    U.S.
  • 24th Amendment (all groups but I think mostly African Americans)

    24th Amendment (all groups but I think mostly African Americans)

    Prohibits the poll tax in elections
  • March from Selma, Alabama (African Americans)

    March from Selma, Alabama (African Americans)

    MLK led thousands of nonviolent demonstrators to Montgomery,
    Alabama where local African Americans had been campaigning for voting rights
  • Black Panthers (African Americans)

    Black Panthers (African Americans)

    Political organization founded to challenge police brutality against
    the African American community.
  • Thurgood Marshall appointed to the Supreme Court (African Americans)

    Thurgood Marshall appointed to the Supreme Court (African Americans)

    Lawyer for the NAACP that argued for Brown v. Board of Ed.
    Appointed by LBJ. First African American to serve on the Supreme
    Court.
  • MLK assassinated (African Americans)

    MLK assassinated (African Americans)

    James Earl Ray assassinated Dr. King in Memphis, TN outside his
    hotel room.
  • Sandra Day O’Connor appointed to the Supreme Court (Women)

    Sandra Day O’Connor appointed to the Supreme Court (Women)

    Appointed by Reagan. First female to serve on the court.
  • Sonia Sotomayor appointed to the Supreme Court (Women and hispanic Americans?)

    Sonia Sotomayor appointed to the Supreme Court (Women and hispanic Americans?)

    Appointed by Obama. First Hispanic and Latina to serve on the
    court.