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The 13th amendment
The 13th amendment was created and ratified for the reason to abolish slavery -
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Civil Rights Timespan
A descroption of all the events that had happened before Little Rock -
14th amendment
The 14th amendment was created for the reason to give everyone equal protection of the law. And granted citizenship to everyone born in the United States. -
15th amendment
The 15th amendment gave African Americans the right to vote. -
Plessey v. Furguson
This Supreme Court case was a case that had involved segregation laws that had race in the "separate but equal" doctrine. -
Truman desegregates the military (Executive act 9981)
The Executive Act 9981 was the act that abolished racial segregation in the military. -
Brown v. Board of Education
This was a Supreme Court case that ruled in the verdict of Brown which declared segregation of schools unconstitutional -
Rosa Parks/Montgomery Bus Boycott
This Supreme Court case ruled that after the arrest of Rosa Parks, the Supreme Court ruled segregation on buses unconstitutional. -
LIttle Rock Crisis
When nine African American students tried to enroll in an all white school, the governor of Arkansas provided guards to make sure they didn't get in. But the President Eisenhower made sure that the Supreme Court rulings of Brown v. Board of Education were upheld. -
LIttle Rock Crisis
This is when nine |African Americans tried to enroll in an all white school. But the governor of Arkansas put guards around the school so they couldn't get in. But President Eisenhower made sure the Supreme Court rulings of Brown v. Board of Education were upheld -
Sit-In Movement
The Sit-In Movement describes that multiple sit-ins across the country have happened to inform school boards about the importance of segregation is school and everywhere across the nation. -
Freedom Riders
The Freedom Riders were Civil Rights activists were people who rode in buses across the Southern segregated states to challenge the segregation and make attention to the Supreme Court for the non-enforcement of this issue on segregation. -
James Meredith and the Old Miss
James Meredith was an African American who enrolled in an all-white university in Mississippi. Riots soon broke out and chaos happened which led into James Madison's arrest. -
Letter From a Birmingham Jail
The Letter From a Birmingham Jail was the letter written by Dr.Martin. Luther King to stop racism and segregation. But it must be done with non-violence. -
March on Washington/ "I have a Dream" Speech
This was a March for Jobs and Freedom for African American people. It was held in Washington D.C. and Dr. AMrtin Luther King gave his "I have a dream" speech on that same day. -
Freedom Summer
Freedom Summer was a summer project designated to make African Americans have suffrage or the right to vote.
