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Declared that all blacks; Free or slaves; Could not or ever become citizens of the United States
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All People held as slaves within the rebellious states are and henceforth shall be free.
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This abolished slavery in the United States.
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Guaranteeing the right for all citizens to vote.
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Guarantees Blacks equal rights in transportation, restaurant/inns, Theaters, and juries.
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Guaranteeing equal protection rights to all citizens.
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Colorado becomes the first state to allow women the right to vote.
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Laws requiring racial segregation, as long as those laws did not allow for separate accommodation.
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The National Association for the advancement of Colored people was founded.
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Organization made to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country.
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Bobby Greenlease was abducted and murdered for an ransum from the owner of General Motors because bobby was their son.
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This ended legal segregation in public schools.
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Rosa Parks refuses to move to the back of the bus, resulting in her arrested. This resulted in a city wide boycott on the bus system.
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Lomax conducted interviews with the Islamic leaders and filmed some of its events.
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In protest of the restaurants that denied the service of african americans, a series of sit-ins are staged at lunch counters.
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A campaign to help eliminate segregation to local places.
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A court case the declares that segregation in public transportation is unconstitutional.
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Demands that segregation of transportation system is wrong.
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Requiring employers to pay employees the same equal amounts for equal amounts of work regardless whether they are male or female.
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Restricts the discriminations of the rights to vote.
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it was a political rally at the capital they were marching for freedom and jobs (Martin Luther King jr. gave his I have a dream speech at this rally)
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James Meredith was the first black student to enroll in the university of Mississippi.
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Three Civil rights activists were found dead next to a small dam in philadelphia, mississippi. They were killed by the KKK.
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Civil rights workers seek to register blacks to vote are killed killed and many black homes and churches are burned. National outrage helps pass civil rights legislation.
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Minister who killed three civil rights activists in the bayou of mississippi, was found guilty and was arrested in 2005.
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He emphasized black rights, black self determinations, and black self defence. Three Nation of islam members killed him. Known for some of the most influential nonfiction books of the 20th century.
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A shooting and beating of black protester by Alabama soldiers.
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Martin Luther King Started a 54-mile march to stand up for African american voting rights.
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Drunk driver car crash happened. Police arrived that led for a crowd to form when the police left then a riot began lasting 6 days long and millions and millions worth of damage.
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Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the political party that beliefs
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Prohibiting interracial marriage is unconstitutional.
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Prohibits employers from discriminating workers who are 40 years or older, based on age.
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Interracial marriage is revised in six states.
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Finding a solution to the problem of discrimination of housing based on color, sex, national origin, or religion.
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Allows equal rights for everyone including different genders.
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Landmark US Supreme Court Case, dealing with the Busing of students to promote integration in public schools.
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Its an organization that represent black congress, exclusive to African Americans.
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Prohibits discrimination on different ages during an event.
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Most watched mini series in history. Based on Alex Haley's 1976 novel in the roots series.
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A white male that that sued the school for reverse discrimination.
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The Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 prohibits employment discrimination against female workers who are Pregnant, in such ways as hiring, failure to promote, and wrongful termination.
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Prohibits discrimination on those with disabilities, allowing them to travel on flights.
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This law protected Americans with disabilities from discrimination from work places, public places.
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Protects people with disabilities from discrimination from employment, education, etc.
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This Act. protect employee the right to leave work to take care of their child.
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Gives the worker the right to take time off work in order to take care of a newborn or an ill family member.
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Joseph Kony is a human trafficking that takes kids and make them soldiers for him.
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George Zimmerman, a hispanic mix man, shot and killed an African American 17 year old.
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Shelby County v. Holder was court case where of section 4 of the voting rights Act, in the formula for congress to use when deciding whether a state is required to for approval before changing its voting laws.
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Gives women the right to vote in all states.
