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This amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude. -
Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law. The 14th amendment has become one of the most used amendments in court to date regarding the equal protection clause. -
Tuskegee institute is a historically black school for African Americans. This school was home to Tuskegee airmen and George Washington Carver, both very monumental names in black history. -
The Plessy v Ferguson was a Supreme Court were the lawfulness of racial segregation was verified under ‘separate but equal’ -
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People or NAACP is a organization that fights to end racial discrimination against minorities. The NAACP was founded by W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey and Ida B. Wells -
The 19th amendment was created to stop the federal government from denying citizens the right to vote based on gender. -
Brown vs Board of Education was another Supreme Court case where they ruled that US State laws segregating schools racially was unconstitutional. -
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a political course of action against segregation in public transportation. This boycott was led by MLK, Rosa Parks, E.D Nixon, and Fred Gray. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a very pivotal point in the civil rights movement. -
SCLC was created when multiple black ministers and civil rights activists met in Atlanta Georgia in efforts to repeat the methods used in the Montgomery bus boycott. This formed to better coordinate civil rights activities. -
Nine African American students went to Central High school in Little Rock, Arkansas. The students made their way by shouting and even throwing objects, once at the door they were forced to go home. The students returned a day later being protected by federal troops this time and were able to enter the school. -
The SNCC was formed to give young black voices more of a chance to be heard. Ella Baker, SNCC founder encouraged those to look beyond breaking segregation and into more social change. -
The Greensboro sit-ins were non violent protests where 4 students sat in whites only restaurant where they were refused service and harassed. The four boys gathered a crowd each day of the protest, leading the Woolworths to finally serve the blacks lunch. -
This letter was directed to 8 Alabama clergies. King was arrested and sent to jail because he was protesting the treatment of blacks. Court had ordered that King could not hold a protest in Birmingham. -
The Civil Rights Act was an important part of the Civil rights movement. This was a labor law that prohibited discrimination based off of sex, race, religion , and national origin. -
The march from Selma , Alabama was a 54 mile march to the state capital of Montgomery. Marchers were met with violence by local authority and white vigintile groups. -
President Johnson signed this law outlawing discriminatory exercises in Southern states. -
Black Panthers started off as a party for self defense. It is a political organization founded by Huey P Newton and Bobby Seale. The Black Panthers challenged police brutality. -
President Lyndon B Johnson appointed civil rights lawyer Thurgood Marshall to serve on the Supreme court. This made Marshall the first black man to serve in the Supreme court. -
MLK was shot while standing on the balcony of the Lorraine motel in Memphis Tennessee. MLK was alive when he arrived at the hospital, later he was suffocated with a pillow. -
O’ Connor was appointed by President Reagan making her the first woman being in the highest court.