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Abraham Lincoln has passed the 13th amendment and has now abolished slavery in the united states in 1865 -
Congress passed the 14th amendment on june 13th now giving freed slaves extended liberties and rights granted by the bill of rights -
Congress passed the 15th amendment in 1870 saying the right to vote can't be denied on account of race or color -
Founded by Booker T. Washington, “established a normal school for
colored teachers”. Provided students with academic and vocational
training. -
a landmark 1896 U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. As a result, restrictive Jim Crow legislation and separate public accommodations based on race became commonplace. -
Key founder: W.E.B. Du Bois. National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People. Civil Rights organization to help
fight for African American rights. -
The right to vote can't be denied because of gender now allowing women to vote -
Proposed by the National Women's political party, it was to provide
for the legal equality of the sexes and prohibit discrimination on the
basis of sex. Defeated in 1972. -
President Truman abolished discrimination "on the basis of race,
color, religion or national origin" in the military (integrated units) -
Integrated public schools. Overturns Plessy v. Ferguson. -
Civil Rights protest in which African Americans refused to ride city
buses protesting segregated seating. Rosa Parks is credited for starting the boycott -
Advance civil rights in a non-violent manner. Key member: MLK -
Governor Orval Faubus prevented 9 African American students
from entering the high school. President Eisenhower uses National
Guard to protect students entry into the school -
President Eisenhower established the Civil Rights Section of the
Justice Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain
court injunctions against interference with the right to vote -
Student political organization civil rights movement group. Used
nonviolent tactics. -
Mexican-American civil rights movement.Artists began using the
walls of city buildings, housing projects, schools, and churches to
depict Mexican-American culture. -
Four African American students sat at a whites only lunch counter
and refused to leave after being denied service. Protesting racial segregation. since they did this it lead to many more sit ins across the country -
Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated
southern U.S. Challenged and protested local laws that ignored
integration. -
in 1962 co-founded the National Farm Workers Association (later
called the United Farm Workers Union). Was a Latino American civil rights activists. -
Dr King defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism -
He called for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the
U.S. -
LBJ outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or
national origin. It prohibits unequal application of voter registration
requirements, and racial segregation in schools, employment, and
public accommodations.