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The 13th ended slavery in all places (except prison)
The 14th gave citizenship to former African American slaves and natural-born citizens
The 15th allowed for all people of color the right to vote. -
Tuskegee Institute was founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881 for the purpose of training teachers in Alabama. Tuskegee's program provided students with both academic and vocational training. Today, it is still standing and has been given the title of National historic landmark. -
This was a landmark decision by the Supreme Court that stated led to racial segregation and also "Separate but Equal." Because of this decision, racial segregation was not challenged till years later. -
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People(NAACP) is a civil rights organization. They were created to work for the abolition of segregation and discrimination in housing, education, employment, voting, and transportation, to oppose racism. -
This executive order changed the army because it finally desegregated the Army. -
The lawsuit argued that schools for Black children were not equal to the white schools. It also argued that and also that the racial segregation of children in public schools violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The supreme court ruled schools to desegregate. This marked the end of segregation in schools however, there were still schools that refused to desegregate. -
Emmet Till was a 14-year-old boy from Chicago who was killed in Mississippi for allegedly wolf-whistling to a white girl in a store. The two people who committed the murder were acquitted of all charges. The case sparked international headlines. -
Rosa Parks was on a bus and it was full, however, there was a white man who was trying to get on the bus as well so she had to move. However, Rosa Parks refused to move and so she got arrested. The significance of this incident led to the Montgomery bus boycott. -
Little Rock Nine was a group of African Americans who were integrating into a predominately white school. However, those students were being blocked from entering and so President Eisenhower sent the National Guard to escort and help those students enter the highschool. -
President Eisenhower signs the civil rights act of 1957 which authorized the prosecution of those who violated the right to vote for United States citizens. It also established a civil rights division in the US Department of Justice. -
Four African American college students in Greensboro refused to leave a whites-only section and were not getting served. This led to more sit-ins across the country. These people were also being severely mistreated by the employees and people in the cafe. -
Ruby Bridges was a little girl who was the first student to integrate into William Frantz Elementary School in New Orleans. She was escorted by the military as well and was met with a series of death treats. -
This Amendment prevented taxing on polls. this also helped in allowing more people to vote. Poll taxes were used to disenfranchise votes from minority populations in the US. -
Over 250,000 people march in washington for jobs and freedom. Martin luther King Jr. gives his famous speech "I Have a Dream" which has become one of the most popular speeches in the U.S> -
This act helps in preventing employment discrimination due to race, color, sex, religion or national origin. It also created the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) which helps in preventing discrimination in the workplace. It also ended segregation in public places and struck down jim crow laws. -
This march was a march for voting rights, Once the group crossed the Edmund Pettus bridge there were state troopers that barricaded and exerted violence on the protesters. This became known as bloody Sunday. -
This act prevented any kind of barricade from letting US citizens vote such as the literacy test that was preventing millions of minorities from voting. -
Black Panther Party (BPP), originally the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense, was a Black Power political organization. It had strong beliefs of Black nationalism, socialism, and armed self-defense, particularly against police brutality. -
On this day, Thurgood Marshall became the first African American supreme court judge and was nominated by President Johnson. He was played a huge role in promoting racial equality during the civil rights movement. -
Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in Memphis Tennesee the day after he gave a speech where he predicted that he was gonna die called " I've Been to the Mountaintop"