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13th ammendment
Abolished slavery,¨within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction¨ -
14th amendment
Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law. One of the most used amendments in court to date regarding the equal protection clause. -
15th amendment
Granted african american men the right to vote -
Tuskegee Institute created
Providing training for african americans and helping them develop economic self-reliance through the mastery of manual trades. -
Plessy v Freguson
Upheld the constitutionally of racial segregation under the ¨separate but equal¨ doctrine -
NAACP created
The springfield riot was the final tipping point that led to the creation of the NAACP -
19th amendment
Granted women the right to vote -
Brown v. Board education
Prohibits the states from denying equal protection of the laws to any person within their jurisdictions -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Civil rights protest during which african americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference formed
To coordinate the action of local protest groups throughout the South -
Little Rock 9
The first african american students to enter little rocks central high school -
Civil rights act of 1957
First civil rights legislation since Reconstruction -
Greensboro, NC sit ins
ACt of nonviolent protest against a segregated lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina -
STudent Nonviolent coordinating committee formed
Coordinate youth-led nonviokent, direct-action campaigns against segregation and other forms of racism -
Chicano movement (mural movement)
Advocated social and political empowerment through a chicanismo or cultural nationalism -
Freedom riders
A series of political protests against segregation by Blacks and whites who rode buses together. -
DR.KIngs: Letter from a Birmingham Jail¨
A full-throated defense of the Birmingham protest campaigning -
Cesar Chavez
Dedicated his life's work to the struggle of farm workers in the U>S to improve their working and living conditions through organizing and negotiating contracts with their employers. -
Equal rights amendment proposed
To provide for the legal equality of the sexes and prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex -
Executive Order 1981
Directed that black americans be accepted into job-training programs in defense plants, forbid discrimpination by defense contractors