-
(African American) This amendment ended slavery
-
(African American) 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. -
(African American) This amendment gave voting right to black MALES
-
(African American) Was a court case that the Supreme Court ruled segregation legal (Separate but equal)
-
(Women) Allowed for Women to vote
-
(Women) Was an amendment that was passed, but not ratified. (would have banned discrimination based on gender)
-
(African American) Truman ordered armed forces to desegregate (was a little after WWII)
-
(African American) It basically overturned Plessy vs. Ferguson (Segregation became illegal and was no longer allowed)
-
(African American) Started with Rosa Parks not giving up her seat at the front of the bus. Was a political and social protest to the bus segregation in Montgomery at the time.
-
(African American) The school board in little rock, Arkansas, allowed for 9 African american students to attend a white school. The governor (Orval Faubus) called on the national guard to stop them from entering the school, as well as an angry white mob surrounding the school trying to intimidate them. The violence pushed Eisenhower over the edge and he ordered the US army to escort the nine students to school for a year.
-
(African American) Creation of a voting panel so that the African American right to vote isn’t violated.
-
(Chicano) Started in barrios (a district of a town in Spain and Spanish speaking countries). Artist started using Walls of city buildings, housing, projects, schools, etc. to depict Mexican-American Culture
-
(African American) Were African american civil rights activist who rode buses into the deep south to challenge segregation
-
(Chicano Movement) used nonviolent protest and boycott to achieve better working conditions for farmers. Made the National Farm Workers Association in 1962 (esp. Mexican-Americans)
-
(African American) Abolished poll tax
-
(African American) 1964; banned discrimination in public accommodations, prohibited discrimination in any federally assisted program, outlawed discrimination in most employment; enlarged federal powers to protect voting rights and to speed school desegregation; this and the voting rights act helped to give African-Americans equality on paper, and more federally-protected power so that social equality was a more realistic goal
-
(African American) An African-American organization formed by Bobby Seale and Huey Newton that was made to provide services in the ghetto and fight police brutality
-
(African American) King was fatally shot by James Earl Ray. This caused many to become disillusioned with peaceful protest (Malcome X and later Robert F. Kennedy would be killed)
-
(Native Americans) A Civil rights group inspired by the NAACP made for native Americans
-
(Chicanos) 1st person of puerto rican descent to serve in the supreme court
