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Civil rights

By Dudeman38
  • 13th amendment (Blacks)

    13th amendment (Blacks)

    Bans slavery
  • 14th amendment (Blacks)

    14th amendment (Blacks)

    Gave blacks citizenship and other rights, commonly used amendment
  • 15th amendment (Black males)

    15th amendment (Black males)

    Black men to vote
  • Tuskegee Institute created (Blacks)

    Tuskegee Institute created (Blacks)

    First black college, made by a former slave and a slave owner
  • Plessy v Ferguson (Blacks)

    Plessy v Ferguson (Blacks)

    Court ruled "separate but equal" giving legal ground to segregation.
  • NAACP created (Blacks)

    NAACP created (Blacks)

    A organisation for the advancement and advocation of black groups
  • 19th amendment (Women)

    19th amendment (Women)

    Women to vote
  • Executive order 9981 (All groups in army)

    Executive order 9981 (All groups in army)

    Desegregated the military
  • Brown v Board of Education (Blacks)

    Brown v Board of Education (Blacks)

    The argument that things were separate but not equal. Desegregated schools.
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott (Blacks)

    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)

    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)

    Civil rights act of 1957 (Blacks)

    Attempted to stop the interference with the right to vote.
  • Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed (Blacks)

    Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed (Blacks)

    A student group for organising the sit-ins, initially at least.
  • 24th amendment (Non-White Minorities)

    24th amendment (Non-White Minorities)

    Banned poll taxes that barred voters
  • Civil rights act of 1964 (All non-white males)

    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)

    Thurgood Marshall appointed to the Supreme Court (All, maily blacks)

    First black court justice
  • MLK assassinated (Civil right movement)

    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)

    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)

    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)

    Sonia Sotomayor appointed to the Supreme Court (Women and Mexicans)

    First colored women (Hispanic) women on court