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13th Amendment
This amendment had abolished slavery and involuntary servitude. -
14th Amendment
This amendment made all people born in the United States, including former slaves, citizens and gave them equal protection under law. -
15th Amendment
This amendment prohibits denial of voting rights to people because of race, color, or the fact that they have been slaves. -
Plessey vs. Ferguson
This case declares seperate but equal rights for the white and colored races. It indicated that the federal government will officially tolerate the seperate but equal doctrine. -
19th Amendment
This amendment gauranteed woment the right to vote. -
Executive Order of 1948
President Truman issued the Executive Order of 1948 which established the treatment and oppurtunity in the Armed Services. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her seat
Parks was a American American who was arrested in Montgomery, Alabama for no letting a white person take her seat. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
The Montgomery Bus Boycott began after Rosa Parks arrest. It was a 13-month protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that segregation on public buses is unconstitutional. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
This was the first civil rights legislation since Reconstruction. It gave attorney general greater power to desegregate schools and said that the federal government had athority over African American voting segregations. -
24th Amendment
This amendment gave the right of citizens in the United States to vote in any relection shall not be denied by the United States for the reason of failure to pay poll tax or other tax. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
This Supreme Court case ended segregation in schools. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This law was passed by President Lyndon B. Johnson. It prohibited racial discrimination in emploment and education and made segregation in public places illegal. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Signed by President Johnson and this bill garunteed African Americans the right to vote. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
This act prohibited the sale, rental, and financing of houses based on race, religion, or gender. This act is also known as the Fair Housing Act.