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15th Amendment
This amendment stated that it is unconstitutional to deny someone the right to vote based on their "race, color, or previous condition of servitude". This amendment is one of the reconstruction amendments. It was ratified on February 3, 1870. -
Plessy vs Ferguson
This court case was about racial segregation in private businesses. It was the reason for the "separate but equal" saying, which is under the Equal Protection Clause. This was overruled by Brown vs Board of Education in 1954. -
Brown V Board
Brown V Board of Education of Topeka was the court case that decided having separate schools for black and white children was unconstitutional. "The Warren Court's unanimous (9–0) decision stated that 'separate educational facilities are inherently unequal.'" -
Bus Boycotts
Rosa Parks started this Bus Boycotting trend. People stopped using busses as much when they learned about her story, of being arrested for sitting in the "white section" of the city bus. This started shortly after her arrest on December 1, 1955; and it kept on for a good while after it, too. -
Little Rock Nine
This was a group of black students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School. They were prevented from entering the school, due to their skin color. ): on their first day of school, the national guard made sure that they did not enter the school building. President Eisenhower then sent in federal troops to escort the children into the high school. -
Greensboro Sit-In
The Greensboro Sit-In happened when four college men went to a coffee shop to eat, but no one would serve them! O: they sat and waited, and waited.. and no one ever came up to them. They then decided that they would sit there, as long as it took, until someone paid them some attention and brought them their gosh dern food/ coffee.. it eventually worked and from there it sparked many other sit-ins around the country. c: -
Freedom Riders
Freedom Riders were black men who rode busses down the interstate as a form of protest. They would go from the North to the South. It didn't go over very well, as you can see, the bus is in flames. O: -
24th Amendment
The 24th amendment prohibted poll taxes. This amendment gave more people the ability to vote. This amendment was ratified on January 23, 1964. -
"I Have A Dream"
"I Have A Dream" was a speech given by Mr. Martin Luther King Jr on August 28, 1963. He gave this memorable speech in Washington DC, right in front of the Lincoln Memorial. It was sort of funny that he did that, because it was the 100 year anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation that Abe had signed o; -
Civil Rights of 1964
The civil rights act of '64 ended major forms of discrimination against African Americans. It was supposed to end segregation in schools, the work place, and other public places. There wasn't much force put behind this act, but it was helped in '68 by the new civil rights act. -
Voting Rights Act if 1965
The Voting Rights Act if 1965 states is "a landmark piece of national legislation in the United States that outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the U.S." This act was just saying that you can't give unreasonable testing in order to let someone vote, as in Jim Crow Laws. The literacy test, the grandfather clause, and poll tax are all good examples of those testssss. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act on April 11, 1968. It was meant as a follow-up to the Civil Rights Act of '64. This time, the act actually banned public segregation for good. :)
