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13th amendment (African Americans)
Abolished slavery -
14th Amendment (all groups)
Rights of citizenship -
15th amendment (all groups)
Guaranteed the right to vote for anyone. -
Plessy v. Ferguson (African americans)
Separate but equal -
NAAAP created ( African Americans)
The abolishment of segregation and racism in every day life. -
19th amendment (Women)
Granted women the right to vote. -
Equal rights amendment (Women)
Its a law that does not discriminate women, sex should not determine the rights of men or Women. -
Executive order of 9981 (all groups)
Equal treatment and opportunity for everyone in the armed forces. -
Brown v. board of education (African americans)
Overruled the separate but equal principle -
Montgomery bus boycott (African American)
First major demonstration against segregation. African Americans didn't use busses for a year. -
Southern Christian leadership conference formed (African Americans)
Brought an end to black disenfranchisement, and coordinated protest movements -
Little Rock 9 (african american)
These 9 students fought for equal opportunity in American education when they challenged public school segregation by enrolling at the all white high school. -
Civil rights act of 1957 (all groups)
Got rid of the discrimination on the basis of sex as well as race. -
Greensboro, NC sit ins (african Americans)
Civil rights protest called the sit in movement spread through college towns in the south -
Student nonviolent coordination committee (african americans)
Sought to coordinate youth led nonviolent campaigns against segregation and other forms of racism. -
Chicano movement (mural movement) (chicanos)
Artists began using the walls of buildings to depict mexican american culture. -
Freedom riders (african americans)
Groups of white and african americans who participated in freedom rides, to protest segregated bus terminals. -
Dr. King's "letter from a birmingham jail" (african americans)
The most important written document of the civil rights era. the long road of freedom in a movement that was largely centered around actions and spoken words -
I have a dream speech (african americans)
To advocate for the civil and economic rights of african americans. -
24th Amendment (all groups)
Prohibited any poll tak in election for federal officials