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14th Amendment-
ranted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States including former enslaved people and guaranteed all citizens equal protection of the laws. -
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, color, or previous condition of servitude. -
The 1st Women’s Suffrage Amendment was introduced in Congress, but was defeated
the first federal women's suffrage amendment was introduced but was soundly defeated later in the first full Senate vote in 1887. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
hat upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the separate but equal doctrine -
NAACP is founded
is a civil rights organization in the United States -
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. -
Shelly v. Kramer
is a landmark United States Supreme Court case that struck down racially restrictive housing covenants -
Brown v. Board of Education
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Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat
Parks was arrested on December 1, 1955, after she refused to give up her seat on a crowded bus to a white passenger. -
Congress passes the 1st Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Provisions of this civil rights act forbade discrimination on the basis of sex, as well as, race in hiring, promoting, and firing. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. -
NOW (National Organization of Women) formed
is an American feminist organization founded in 1966. -
Green v. County School Board of New Kent County
was an important United States Supreme Court case involving school desegregation. -
Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education
was a landmark United States Supreme Court case dealing with the busing of students to promote integration in public schools -
Proposition 209 – California
is a California ballot proposition which, upon approval in November 1996