Civil Rights Movement

  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment
    Made Slavery Illegal
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment
    All male citizens have the right to vote
  • Jiom Crow Laws

    Jiom Crow Laws
    Laws that segregaated African American From whites and made it difficult for African American to vote by creating laws like Grandfather Clause
  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson
    Supreme court supported the legal doctrine of segregation separate but equal
  • 18 Amendment

    18 Amendment
    Prohibits the making, transportation, and sale of alcholic beverages BEER!
  • Desegregation of Armed Forces

    Desegregation of Armed Forces
    President Harry Truman desegregated the armed forces through an exective order after World War II
  • Sit-ins

    Sit-ins
    the african americans would come sit down ina dinner waiting for someone to attend them non viloently
  • March on Washington

    March on Washington
    To build support and to publicize the civil right movemnet a march on Washigton D.C was organized. The historic event became the symbol of the civil rights movemnt. It is at this march that Dr. Martin Luther King. Jr gave his famous I Have a Dream Speech
  • 26 Amendment

    26 Amendment
    Given the right to vote to any citizen 18 years old or older
  • Americans with Disabilities Act

    Americans with Disabilities Act
    Americans with Disabilities Act 1990 prohibited discrimination against people with physical or mental disabilties in employment, transportation, telephone services, and access to public buildings