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13th, 14th, and 15th Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment made sure to abolish and prohibit slavery forever.
The Fourteenth Amendment stated that anyone that was born in the United States, even if their parents were immigrants, were considered American Citizens.
The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits each government in the United States from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen’s race, color, or previous service of servitude. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the doctrine of "separate but equal." Plessy wanted to ride in the white cars in the train, he was only 1/8 African American and they would not let him due to his race. This caused a very large upset and he took it to court. The supreme court justified their position on the 13th amend -
Jackie Robinson
Jackie Robinson was an American baseball player who became the first black Major League Baseball player of the modern era. Robinson broke the baseball color line when he debuted with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. As the first black man to play in the major leagues since the 1880s, he was instrumental in bringing an end to racial segregation in professional baseball, which had relegated black players to the Negro leagues for six decades. -
Martin Luther King, jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr, born on January 15, 1929, was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights in the United States and around the world, using nonviolent methods following the teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. King has become a national icon in the history of modern American liberalism. King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. He was posthumously awarded -
Brown v. Board of Education
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896 which allowed state-sponsored segregation. Handed down on May 17, 1954, the Warren Court's unanimous decision stated that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal." -
Emmett Till
Emmett Louis Till, born July 25, 1941 was an African-American boy who was murdered in Mississippi at the age of 14 after reportedly flirting with a white woman. Till was from Chicago, Illinois, visiting his relatives in the Mississippi Delta region when he spoke to 21-year-old Carolyn Bryant, the married proprietor of a small grocery store. Several nights later, Bryant's husband Roy and his half-brother J. W. Milam arrived at Till's great-uncle's house where they took Till, transported him to a -
The Black Panthers
The Black Panther Party was an African-American revolutionary leftist organization active in the United States from 1966 until 1982The Black Panthers were formed in California in 1966 and they played a short but important part in the civil rights movement. The Black Panthers believed that the non-violent campaign of Martin Luther King had failed and any promised changes to their lifestyle via the 'traditional' civil rights movement, would take too long to be implemented or simply not introduced.
