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The 13th amendment abolished slavery in the US. -
The 14th amendment grants citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the US. This includes former enslaved people . This amendment also guarantees all citizens ëqual protection of the laws." -
The 15th amendment says that the right of US citizens to vote will not be denied because of race, color or previous servitude. -
Created and built by Booker T. Washington. He was provided with a grant to train African American teachers. The goal was to promote progress of his race. -
Plessy V Ferguson was a Supreme Court decision that established the constitutionality of racial segregation. -
The NAACP was created in response to the violence against black people nationally. Stands for: National Association of Colored People. -
The 19th amendment allows American women the right to vote. -
This order was signed by President Harry S. Truman and abolished discrimination on the ¨basis of race, color religion or national origin" in the US Armed Forces. -
The US Supreme Court decision that stated racial segregation in public schools to be unconstitutional- even if the segregated schools are equal in quality. -
THis was a civil rights protest by African Americans who refused to ride city buses in Montgomery Alabama. First large demonstration against segregation. It lasted about 1 year. -
This group is a civil rights organization created by sixty black ministers and civil rights leaders in order to duplicate the successful strategy from the Montgomery Bus Boycott. -
This refers to the group of nine black students that enrolled at an all white high school in LIttle Rock AR. The group was escorted by federal troops into the school by President Eisenhower. -
This sit in is regarding four black students who sat at a woolworth lunch counter ( for whites only) and asked to be served. -
The March on Washington was a large protest with approximately 250,000 people met in front of the Lincoln Memorial . The goal of the event was to draw attention to inequalities faced by the black community. -
This law prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion,sex or national origin. This is also relevant in hiring, promoting and firing. -
Originally began for self-defense and evolved into a political organization adopting Malcolm Xś slogan ¨Freedom by any means necessary¨ -
This Supreme Court Justice was the first African-American to serve. -
Based out of Minnesota the AIM is an advocacy group created to protest racism and civil rights violations against Native Americans. -
Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot on the balcony of his hotel room in Memphis Tennessee. -
This Supreme Court justice was nominated by President Ronald Reagan. SHe was the First woman to serve as a Supreme Court Justice. -
Her appointment, by President Barack Obama , was significant as she was the first Hispanic Supreme court Justice.