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13th amendment
there shouldn't be slavery or any involuntary servitude. -
14th amendment
All people that are born in the United States are free. This included former slaves. -
15th amendment
People who wanted to vote should not be denied the rights to do so. -
Plessy vs Feguson
Case of the supreme court that upheld racial segregation laws for the public under the doctrine "separate but equal." -
Mendez vs. Westminster School District of Orange County
This was a court case that challenged racial segregation in Orange County. -
Brown vs Board of education
People wanted public schools. -
Emmett Till murder
A boy was kidnapped and murdered this gained support for racial support in the South. -
Montgomery Bus boycott
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in a bus. -
Prayer Pilgrimage for Freedom
thirty thousand people gathered on the steps of the Lincoln memorial to commemorate the brown vs board of education. -
Temple Bombing
50 sticks of dynamite exploded on the steps of Hebrew Benevolent congregation. -
Sit-ins Atlanta
black colleges organized a series of sit-ins to protest the city's legally sanctioned segregation. -
Augusta Movement
students initiated the direct action phase of the city's Civil Rights movement. -
Georgia Tech Integration
officials of Georgia tech began to plot a integration. -
Freedom Rides
a group of students departed Washington D.C. by bus to test local compliance -
Albany movement
the residents of Albany Georgia launched a campaign to eliminate segregation.