Civil rights

  • Dred Scott v Stanford

    Dred Scott v Stanford
    Dred Scott v Standford was when Dred Scott wanted black citizenship but the us counstiuon didn’t extend to Africana Americas
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    Pre MLK

  • Emancipation proclamation

    Emancipation proclamation
    Emancipation proclamation Was when president Lincoln made a law stating that slaves held within the reblious states would become free
  • 13Th Admenment

    13Th Admenment
    “Neither slavery or servitude except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States” Abraham Lincoln
  • Plessy V Furgeson

    Plessy V Furgeson
    Plessy v Furgeson was when a black man broke segregation laws and boarded a white only car. During court Furgeson said that the law doesn’t contradict the Constitution
  • Brown Vs Board Of Education

    Brown Vs Board Of Education
    Brown v Board Of Education is a court case where African Americans said segregation in schools was unconstitutional but the court said it was constitutional
  • Montgomery Bus Boycotts

    Montgomery Bus Boycotts
    The Montgomery Bus Boycotts was when the African Americans Boycotted the segregation of bus by sitting in the front of the bus this is where Rosa park’s famously sat in the front and got arrested
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    Vietnam War

  • Little Rock Nine

    Little Rock Nine
    Little Rock Nine refers to nine school children enrolling in Little Rock Central High School. They did this to help end legal segregation in schools.
  • Sit In Movement

    Sit In Movement
    The sit in movement where popular with the collage students. This is where they would sit in white only establishment to protest segregation in public spaces.
  • Woman’s Liberation Movement.

    Woman’s Liberation Movement.
    The woman’s liberation Front started in 1960 and ended in 1970 this was the civil rights for women. They want all the same rights as men.
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    Women’s Rights

    This is apart of the second part of the assignment
  • Freedom Rides

    Freedom Rides
    The freedom rides where African Americans would ride bus in Alabama to protest against segregation on buses. The most infamous freedom ride was the one when white people stoped the bus and let the KKK burn the bus before the police would get there.
  • Civil Rights Chart

    Civil Rights Chart
  • March On Washington

    March On Washington
    The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, also known as simply the March on Washington or the Great March on Washington, was held in Washington, D.C., on August 28, 1963. Over 250,000 people were in attendance. This march made president JFK met with MLK to make a decision on the future of America.
  • Changes After March On Washington

    Changes After March On Washington
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    Post MLK

  • Civil Rights Act

    Civil Rights Act
    “The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race color religion sex and national origin.” Wikipedia
  • Voting Rights

    Voting Rights
    Even though the civil rights act past a year prior African Americans did not receive the right to vote in major elections like the presidential election.
  • Stonewall Riots

    Stonewall Riots
    The stone wall riots happened in 1969 on stonewall street New York New York where gay people wanted to get gay rights for same sex marriage and the end of hate for gay people
  • Roe Vs Wade

    Roe Vs Wade
    Roe Vs Wade was a court case about whether abortion could be legal in witch the court declared that abortion was Constitutional keeping abortion legal.
  • End Of US Draft

    End Of US Draft
    The end of the US draft was a big part of the 70s. This was big because the Vietnam War was going on for years and it was a very unpopular war with the US Citizens. This ended the mandatory Draft but the draft is still a thing that can be engaged.
  • Economic shift to manufacturing

    Economic shift to manufacturing
    The Biden-Harris economy has delivered massive gains for American manufacturing making the manufacturing industry faster and giving a break on employees.
  • Americans With Disability Act

    Americans With Disability Act
    “The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 or ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability.“ https://www.ada.gov/
  • End of apartheid and election

    End of apartheid and election
    This is the only event to happen out of the US. This happens in South Africa where the Nationalists government was taken down after all of the racial segregation that happened in the country.
  • Welfare reform

    Welfare reform
    “Welfare reforms are changes in the operation of a given welfare system aimed at improving the efficiency, equity, and administration of government assistance programs.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welfare_reform#:~:text=Welfare%20reforms%20are%20changes%20in,administration%20of%20government%20assistance%20programs.
  • Map Of Civil Rights

    Map Of Civil Rights