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13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery and involutary servitude. -
14th Amendment
Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law. The 14th amendment has become one of the most used amendments in court to date regarding the equal protection clause. -
15th Amendment
Gave voting rights to men of all races. It forbade that the federal government and states would deny citizens of their basic right to vote on the basis of race or even previous conditions of servitude. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy V. Ferguson was the supreme court case that supported the legality of the Jim Crow laws and therefore permitted separate but equal facilities for black and white Americans. -
NAACP Created
The national association for the advancement of colored people was found in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination and to gain civil rights for African Americans. They were also significant because they went to SCOTUS to declare the grandfather clause unconstitutional. -
19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote. Significant because it enabled women to participate politically after they were restricted to their domestic spheres. -
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
The equal rights amendment was proposed in order to guarntee equal rights for all Americans regardless of sex. It seeks to end legal distinctions between men and women in matters of divorce, property, employment and more. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery bus boycott was a mass protest against the bus system in Montgomery, Alabama by civil rights activists (such as Rosa Parks) that led to the supreme court decision in 1956 that Montgomery’s segregation laws were unconstitutional. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown V Board of education was a landmark decision in whuch the supreme court rules that racial segregation laws at schools are unconstitiutional regardless of whether they are seperated equally. -
Little Rock 9
A group of 9 African American students that challenged racial segregation by enrolling in the all white Central High school. This is significant because they fought for change and equal opportunity. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
This act created the commission on civil rights to investigate discrimination in a variety of areas such as viting. -
Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez was an influential hispanic leader who organised migrant farm workers into unions and eventually founded the National Farm workers’ association which was later known as the united farm workers’ organising committee. -
Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
Dr. King wrote this letter from a jail in Birmingham, Alabama in response to criticism from clergymen who said that the fight for racial equality should not be fought on the streets but in the courts and government. This letter was highly publicized. -
March on Washington: “I have a dream” speech
A march that took place in Washington DC, the purpose of it was to advocate for the civil and economic rights of African Americans. The “I have a dream speech” became famous from that day onwards. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This act made racial, religious and sex discrimination by employers illegal and gave the government the power to enforce laws governing civil rights including desegregation of schools and public places. -
Black Panthers
An organisation for Self defense founded by two African American California College students. It was revolutionary with ideas of black nationalism, socialism and armed self defense. -
Thurgood Marshall appointed to the Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall was nominated to the supreme court by president LBJ and the senate confirmed his nomination on August 30 of 1967. He was the First African American to be appointed to the Supreme Court. -
American Indian Movement (AIM)
AIM is a Native American grassroots movement that was founded in Minnesota. They formed to address systemic issues of poverty and police brutality against Native Americans. -
Sandra Day O’Connor appointed to the Supreme Court
Sandra Day O’Connor was nominated to the supreme court by President Ronald Reagan and was confirmed by the senate on September 22nd of 1981. She became the first female associate justice in the history of the court. -
Sonia Sotomayor appointed to the Supreme Court
Sonia Sotomayor was nominated to the supreme court by President Barack Obama and her nomination was confirmed by the senate in August of 2009. She became the first hispanic and latina judge.
