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13th Amendment
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
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
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude. -
Tuskegee Institute created
To train African-Americans in agriculture and industry and promote the economic progress. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
It Legalized segregation in the name of "separate but equal" -
NAACP created
American organization created to work for the abolition of segregation and discrimination -
19th Amendment
Women suffrage payed off and women can now vote -
Executive Order 9981
Desegregated the military -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Boycott of bus transport which was primarily used by minority which led to the buses running out of funding so led to desegregation of public transport -
Brown v. Board of Education
Desegregated schools -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
It established the Civil Rights Division in the Justice Department, and empowered federal officials to prosecute individuals that conspired to deny or abridge another citizen's right to vote -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed
comity founded to give blacks civil and political rights -
Little Rock 9
9 African American students who enrolled in Little Rock high were prevented from entering the school by the Governor. -
Greensboro, NC Sit-ins
A movement in which African Americans sat down in white only spots and didn't move until they were served or removed. Resulted in loss of money to the businesses. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed
Gave younger blacks a voice in the civil rights movement. -
Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)
Mexican Americans using walls and outbuildings to depict Mexican culture as a form of protest. -
Freedom Riders
Activists who rode interstate buses into the south to protest segregation. Often met with extreme violence. -
Cesar Chavez
Mexican american activist who advocated from rights to Mexican Americans as well as farmers. -
Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
Advocated for peaceful protest for African american rights -
March on Washington: “I have a dream” speech
Famous speech from Dr.King about his dream of unity of all people regardless of race and sex. where we could all be equal -
24th Amendment
Removal of poll tax or any test to vote giving all the equal voting rights -
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) proposed
Called for the equal legal rights regardless of sex.
