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Abolishes slavery and involuntary servitude. -
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. -
Prohibits the government from denying a citizen the right to vote based on their race or color. The 15th amendment gave African American men the right to vote. -
The US Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation as long as the facilities were equal in quality. "Separate but Equal." -
A civil rights organization created for the advanced justice of African Americans founded by W.E.B Du Bois. Created as a response to the violence against Black people and is the largest civil rights organization in the nation. -
Prohibits the government from denying a citizen the right to vote on the basis of their sex. -
President Truman issued this executive order to abolish discrimination based on race, color, religion, or nation of origin in the United States Armed Forces. It desegregated the military. -
The US Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation in public schools is unconstitutional even if it was equal in quality. Passed after a little girl had to walk past two white schools. Overturns Plessy v. Ferguson. -
A civil rights protest in which African Americans refused to ride the buses in Montgomery to protest segregated seating. Regarded as the first large-scale demonstration against segregation. -
An African American civil rights organization was established by Martin Luther King Jr. to assist local organizations working for the equality of African Americans. -
President Eisenhower established the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote. -
Mexican-American civil rights movement. Artists began using the walls of city buildings, housing projects, schools, and churches to depict Mexican-American culture. -
In 1962 co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (later called the United Farm Workers Union). Was a Latino American civil rights activist. -
He called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the U.S. -
Prohibits the poll tax in elections. -
LBJ outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. It prohibits unequal application of voter registration requirements, and racial segregation in schools, employment, and public accommodations. -
LBJ outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War -
Initially formed to address Native American affirmation, treaty issues, spirituality, and leadership while also addressing incidents of police harassment and racism against Natives. Their paramount objective is to create "real economic independence for the Indians”. -
Appointed by Reagan. The first female to serve on the court. -
Appointed by Obama. First Hispanic and Latina to serve on the court.