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Jim Crow Laws
Laws of racial segregation directed against blacks.The laws find a way for blacks to be separate from the white people.The blacks have separate water fountains, schools, bathrooms, etc. -
Black Codes
Passed after the Civil War that had the intent and the effect of restricting African Americans freedom. Employment was required of all freedmen; violators faced vagrancy charges. Freedmen could not assemble without the presence of a white person. -
13th Amendment
No slavery except as a punishment for a crime.The Amendment takes away slavery and frees the blacks.But the south did not like it so they found away around the amendment to keep there slaves. -
14th Amendment
All persons born or naturalized in the United States and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the state where in they reside. -
Sharecropping/Tenant Farming
A farmer who gives a apart of each crop as rent.Blacks work the field to have a roof over their heads.They work the fields but don't get paid. -
15th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race or color. -
Lynching
Killing especially by hanging, for an alleged offense with or without a legal trial.White people would just kill blacks for just walk on the sidewalk or looking at them.They would get killed for no reason just because the white people felt like it. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
A Supreme Court case that held state racial segregation laws for public schools.Trying to segregate public schools so blacks can get education. -
19th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. Gives women the right to vote for the first time. -
20th Amendment
the terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January. The President and the Vice President have a limit in office till they can no long be in office. -
Federal Housing Authority
The FHA provides mortgage insurance on loans made by FHA-approved lenders throughout the United States and its territories. -
Brown v. Ferguson
A Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. Famous and infamous court case of all time to end racism. -
Desegregation
The ending of a policy of racial segregation.Everyone is equal and there is no separation of blacks and white. Everyone one gets equal treatment. -
Rosa Parks
Activist in the Civil Rights Movement. "the first lady of civil rights" and "The mother of the freedom movement". -
Orville Faubus
American Politician who served as 36th governor of Arkansas.Was with segregation and would do anything to keep it separate.he in forced separation very strongly. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
African Americans refused to ride city buses in Montgomery, Alabama. Because riding the buses gives money to the government so they tried to limit the money flow by not riding public transportation. Which sent a message to the government. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Primarily a voting rights bill, was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States Congress. voting rights for African Americans. And voting for everyone else that could not vote. -
Sit-ins
form of protest for the civil rights movement.They blacks would suffer from sitting in the white peoples sits. But they would not fight back they would just sit there and take the beating till the white people were done. -
Civil Disobedience
the refusal to comply with certain laws or to pay taxes and fines.If the law does not follow just laws for all citizens and people then it is wrong and you can disobey.You are expected to. -
Affirmative Action
Is the policy of favoring members of a disadvantaged group who suffer or have suffered from discrimination within a culture. Signed by president John F. Kennedy -
Cesar Chavez
Co-founded the National Farm Workers Association. Later the United Farm Workers union, UFW).Very strong public speaker and inspiration to many hispanic world wide. -
George Wallace
45th Governor of Alabama.Supported segregation and believe the white men are above all.Was against intergraded public school and would do everything in is power to stop it. -
Betty Friedan
was an American writer, activist, and feminist. She wrote her book The Feminine Mystique. Founders of the National Organization for Women (NOW) -
Martin Luther King Jr.
I have a Dream speaker and inspiration many African Americans to fight back with non violence for their freedom.He believed you can not meet hatred with hatred. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Landmark civil rights and US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Upward Bound
Serves high school students from low-income families; and high school students from families in which neither parent holds a bachelor's degree -
24th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote in any primary or other election for President or Vice President for electors for President or Vice President shall not be denied or abridged by the United States by reason of failure to pay any poll tax or other tax. -
Veteran Rights Act of 1965
Which did not erase military segregation all at once (complete integration did not occur until the mid-1950s). -
Head Start
Program of the United States Department of Health and Human Services that provides comprehensive early childhood education, health, nutrition. -
Nonviolent Protest
Protest for civil rights no non aggression.Was inspired by Martin Luther King Jr. saying you can not fight fire with fire. Big part of the movement. -
Hector P. Garcia
American G.I. Forum charter member, to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He wanted equality and for everyone to be free. He fought for his country to then change it for the better. -
Thurgood Marshall
Was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.Was A kind and humble man. Help the civil rights movement so African Americans can be free. -
Lester Maddox
75th Governor of the U.S. state of Georgia. Was with segregation and did not want to have intergraded public schools. -
26th Amendment
Granted the right to vote to American citizens aged eighteen or older.Was apart of the big civil rights movement and was a big deal for equal rights and freedom. -
Title IX (9)
Is a comprehensive federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any federally funded education program or activity.
