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abolishes slavery -
Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law -
Right to vote should not be denied on account of race or colour.(african american males can vote) -
Founded by Booker T Washington. Provided students with academic and vocal training. -
Establishes "separate but equal" -
Key founder : WEB Du Bois. national association for advancement of coloured people. Civil rights organization fight for african american rights. -
Right to vote should not be denied on the account of gender ( women get the right to vote ) -
proposed by the women's political party , it was to provide for the legal equality of sexes. -
President Truman abolished discrimination "on the basis of race, colour, religion, or national origin" in the military -
Integrated public schools. Overturns plessy v ferguson. -
Civil rights protest in which african americans refused to take city buses, protesting segregated seating. Key person : Rosa Parks
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Advanced civil rights in a nonviolent manner. Key person : MLK -
Governor Orval Faubus prevented nine african american students from entering a high school. Pres. Eisenhower used the national guard to protect the student's entry. -
Pres. Eisenhower established civil rights section of the justice department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote. -
Mexican American civil rights movement. Artists began painting murals to depict Mexican American culture -
Four African American students sat at a "whites only" lunch table and refused to leave after being denied service, protesting segregation. -
Students political organization for a civil rights movement group. They used non violent tactics. -
Civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the south and challenged and protested with local law. -
In 1962 he co-founded the national farm workers association. Chavez was a Latino American and a civil rights activist. -
He defends the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism. -
LBJ outlaws discrimination based on race , colour, religion, and national origin. -
MLK led thousands o non violent demonstrators to Montgomery, Alabama where local african americans had been campaigning for rights -
LBJ outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in the southern states after the civil war. -
Political organization founded to challenge police brutality among the african american community. -
Lawyer for the NAACP that argued for Brown v Board of Education, appointed by LBJ. First african american to serve on the supreme court. -
James Earl Ray assassinated Dr. King outside his hotel room in Memphis, TN. -
Initially formed to address native american affirmation, treaty, and leadership, while also addressing the police brutality and racism against native americans. -
Appointed by Reagan. The first female to serve on the supreme court. -
Appointed by Obama. First hispanic and latinx to serve on the serve on the supreme court.