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The refusal to obey laws or orders from the government.
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Abolished slavery.
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Laws passed which restricted rights for African Americans.
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Grants citizenship to anyone born in the United States.
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Prohibits government from denying citizens the right to vote based on race.
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Laws enforced segregation in the Southern states. Lasted from the 1880s to the 1960s.
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This case set up "seperate but equal" ideals for schools
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Allows US citizens the right to vote, regardless of gender.
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It states who will succeed the president if he/she were to be assassinated.
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It sets standards for construction and underwriting and insures loans made by banks and other private lenders for home building.
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Approved by Earl Warren. The Brown v Board of Education case helped desegregation in public schools to all grades.
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When labor was used to gain crops and the people doing the cropping would get a portion of it.
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Protests that did not involve violence.
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Process used to end segregation.
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African American who did not give up her seat in a Montgomery bus to a white person. Helped start the Civil Rights Movement.
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African Americans refused to use the bus and made their own system and way of transportation.
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Primarily a voting rights bill, was the first civil rights legislation passed by Congress in the United States since the 1866 and 1875 Acts.
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A form of non-violent protest where people would sit in public service places until they got served.
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American politician who served as the Governor of Arkansas.
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Intended to provide equal oppurtuniy to the minority groups.
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Was intended to provide equal oppurtunities to the parents of the minority groups.
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American writer, activist, and femininst. Leading figure in the US Women Movement.
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The 24th amendment banned the poll tax.
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Rights passed that prohibited discrimination upon sex or race.
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Aug 6 1965 landmark piece of federal legislation in the United States that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.
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Federally funded educational program within the United States.
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Was the leader of the African American Civil Rights movement. Widley known for his "I have a dream" speech.
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The term used for the public executions due to mobs.
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American politician who was the 75th Governor of Georgia. He did not want to allow African Americans into his restraunt even though he had to.
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Modified a portion of the 14th amendment, states that any citizen of age 18 or older can vote.
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No person in the US will be denied participation under any education system based off of their gender.
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Served in the United States Supreme Court as the first African American Justice.
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An american farmer and civil rights activist. His civil right acts were towards Hispanics.
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Mexican-American physician, surgeon, World War II veteran, civil rights advocate.
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American politician and the 45th Governor of Alabama, having served two nonconsecutive terms and two consecutive terms as a Democrat.
