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19th Amendment
The 19th amendment states "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." this means that nobody that is a citizen of the U.S. can be denied the right to vote because of their sex. -
14th amendment
The 14th amendment is a part in the U.S constitution, it states that all people born or naturalized in the United states are citizens of the United States. -
15th Amendment
Makes it illegal to deny citizens the right to vote based on race, sex, religion etc. -
The 1st Women’s Suffrage Amendment was introduced in Congress, but was defeated
In 1878 the first federal women's suffrage amendment was introduced but was soundly defeated later in the first full Senate vote in 1887. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Court ruled that racial segregation laws didn't violate the U.S. Constitution as long as they were equal in quality for each race. This is when the "Separate but equal" saying came in. -
NAACP is founded
NAACP stands for The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The NAACP is a civil rights organization in the United States. It was lead by W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey and Ida B. Wells. -
Shelly v. Kramer
A U.S. Supreme Court case that held that restrictive covenants in real property deeds which prohibited the sale of property to non-Caucasians unconstitutionally violate the equal protection provision of the Fourteenth Amendment. Shelley ended a powerful form of race discrimination in housing. -
Brown v. Board of Education
A U.S. Supreme Court case that the Court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools are unconstitutional, even if the segregated schools are equal. -
Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat
Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. she was arrested and her situation got attention and people started the Montgomery bus boycott in response to her going to jail. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil rights act of 1964 prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, or sex. -
Congress passes the 1st Civil Rights Act
The Civil rights act of 1964 prohibited discrimination based on race, religion, or sex. -
NOW (National Organization of Women) formed
An American feminist organization. -
Green v. County School Board of New Kent County
United States Supreme Court case involving school desegregation. Specifically, the Court dealt with the freedom of choice plans created to avoid compliance with the Supreme Court's mandate in Brown the 2nd. -
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
United States Supreme Court case dealing with the busing of students to promote integration in public schools -
Proposition 209 – California
Proposition 209 is a California ballot proposition that amended the state constitution to prohibit state governmental institutions from considering race, sex, or ethnicity, specifically in the areas of public employment, public contracting, and public education