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13th,14th,15th Amendments
13th freed slaves, 14th gave them citizenship, 15th gave them rights -
Tuskegee Institute created
First primarily black college -
Plessy v Ferguson
Made the sperate but equal law -
NAACP created
The NAACP was founded -
19th Amendment
Women were no longer discriminated against -
Mural movement
Murals were being painted with important messages -
Executive order 9981
Truman desegregated the military -
Truman’s desegregation of the military
Truman desegregated the military -
Brown v Board of education
Desegregated schools -
Montgomery Bus Boycotts
People boycotted busses in protest -
SCLC formed
The SLCC was founded -
Little Rock 9
9 black kids that went to a school in Little Rock -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Made the civil rights division -
Chicano Movement
Mexican civil rights movement -
Greensboro NC Sit ins
People of color sat down in restaurants where they were not supposed to -
SNCC founded
The SNCC was founded -
Freedom Riders
People who rode busses in segregated places -
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
MLK wrote a letter while in jail -
March on Washington
MLK's i have a dream speech -
24th Amendment
No more voting taxes -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlawed any kind of discrimination -
March from Selma Alabama
a 54 mile march from Selma to the capital of Montgomery -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
People of color could vote -
Black Panthers
The black panthers were founded -
Thurgood Marshall appointed to Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall was appointed to the Supreme court -
Cesar Chavez hunger strike
He starved himself for rights -
MLK assassinated
MLK was assassinated -
American Indian Movement founded
The American Indian movement was founded -
ERA Proposed and Defeated
The ERA was proposed to congress but failed to pass the two thirds vote majority -
Sandra Day O’Connor appointed to Supreme Court
Sandra Day O’Connor was appointed to the Supreme Court -
Sonia Sotomayor appointed to Supreme Court
Sonia Sotomayor was appointed to the Supreme Court,
