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13th Amendment
Abolished slavery in all US states and territories. (African American) -
14th Amendment
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. (Minorities) -
15th Amendment
Allowed African American men, including slave owners, to vote. (African American) -
Tuskegee Institute created
training young black students in agriculture and the trades to help them achieve economic independence. (African American) -
Plessy v Ferguson
U.S. Supreme Court case concerning whether racial segregation laws were constitutional. (African American) -
NAACP created
a foundation made to ensure the political, educational, equality of minority group citizens of States and eliminate race prejudice. (Minorities) -
19th Amendment
Granted women the right to vote. (Women) -
Brown v Board of Education
the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that racial segregation in public schools violated the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. (African American) -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
a civil rights protest during which African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama, to protest segregated seating. (African American) -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
established the Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote. (Minorities) -
Little Rock 9
a group of African American high-school students who challenged racial segregation in the public schools of Little Rock, Arkansas. (African American) -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed
local protest in the south was created after the Montgomery Bus Boycott through non-violent resistance. (African American) -
Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)
Artists began using the walls of city buildings, housing projects, schools, and churches to depict Mexican-American culture. (Chicano) -
Freedom Riders
Groups of white and African American civil rights activists participated in Freedom Rides, bus trips through the American South in 1961 to protest segregated bus terminals. (African American) -
24th Amendment
outlawed the poll tax as a voting requirement in federal elections. (Minorities) -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states after the Civil War, including literacy tests as a prerequisite to voting. (Minorities) -
Black Panthers
a political organization founded to challenge police brutality against the African American community. (African American) -
MLK assassinated
MLK was fatally shot at a hotel in Tennessee. (African American) -
American Indian Movement (AIM)
first sought to improve conditions for recently urbanized Native Americans. (Native American) -
Sandra Day O’Connor appointed to the Supreme Court
appointed the first-ever woman to the highest position in court. (Women)
