Civil Rights

By brickey
  • Plessy vs Ferguson

    Plessy vs Ferguson

    it upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities.
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    The 19th amendment granted women's right to vote. Know as women's suffrage.
  • Brown vs Board of Education

    Brown vs Board of Education

    The court declared state laws establishing separate public school for black and white students
  • Emmett till

    Emmett till

    Emmett Till was a 14 year old african american who was lynched and killed in 1955 after a white women said she was offended by him.
  • Montgomery Bus Boycott

    Montgomery Bus Boycott

    The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transportation.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1957

    Civil Rights Act of 1957

    The Act of 1957 is a federal voting bill, was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress since the Civil rights act of 1875
  • Emancipation Proclamation

    Emancipation Proclamation

    The Emancipation Proclamation granted freedom to the slaves in the Confederate states.
  • Equal Pay Act

    Equal Pay Act

    The fair labor standards act aimed at abolishing wage disparity based on gender.
  • March on Washington

    March on Washington

    The March on Washington was for jobs and freedom, was held in washington D.C.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964

    It ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the the basis of race, color, and religion.

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