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13th amendment (Blacks)
Bans slavery -
14th amendment (Blacks)
Gave blacks citizenship and other rights, commonly used amendment -
15th amendment (Black males)
Black men to vote -
Tuskegee Institute created (Blacks)
First black college, made by a former slave and a slave owner -
Plessy v Ferguson (Blacks)
Court ruled "separate but equal" giving legal ground to segregation. -
NAACP created (Blacks)
A organisation for the advancement and advocation of black groups -
19th amendment (Women)
Women to vote -
Executive order 9981 (All groups in army)
Desegregated the military -
Brown v Board of Education (Blacks)
The argument that things were separate but not equal. Desegregated schools. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott (Blacks)
Women is arrested for sitting in the wrong spot so blacks and other groups boycott the system for a year until change happens. -
Little rock 9 (Blacks)
A group of black youth are admitted to a white school. Have to be escorted to school and guarded by mobs stopping them. -
Civil rights act of 1957 (Blacks)
Attempted to stop the interference with the right to vote. -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed (Blacks)
A student group for organising the sit-ins, initially at least. -
24th amendment (Non-White Minorities)
Banned poll taxes that barred voters -
Civil rights act of 1964 (All non-white males)
Aimed to stop discrimination based on sex, race, origin, or religion. -
Thurgood Marshall appointed to the Supreme Court (All, maily blacks)
First black court justice -
MLK assassinated (Civil right movement)
A major figurehead in the black freedom movement was killed by a independent agent. This event incited riots across the country. -
ERA equal rights amendment (All)
Legal equality and banned discrimination based off sex
It was shot down -
Sandra Day O’Connor appointed to the Supreme Court (Women)
First women in the supreme court -
Sonia Sotomayor appointed to the Supreme Court (Women and Mexicans)
First colored women (Hispanic) women on court