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This Amendment ended/ abolished slavery. The southern states had a hard time following this. -
All U.S. citizens were given the right of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law. The 14th amendment has become one of the most used amendments in court to date regarding the equal protection clause.
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Gave every male the right to vote no matter the race or color but didn’t allow any women to vote. -
This case brought attention to things that are equal as long as they are separated (“separate but equal”), leaving issues like segregation to rise which isn’t equal. The case chose in favor of allowing discrimination and calling it equal in benefit to white people. -
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was created to help fight for African American rights and founded by W.E.B. Du Bois. -
Gave ALL women the right to vote. -
Did not allow for discrimination based on color, race, religion, or national origin in the military presented by President Truman. -
Integrated public schools only and overturned the “separate but equal” ruling of Plessy v. Ferguson. -
A civil rights protest where African Americans, for example, Rosa Parks, didn’t ride the buses to protest against segregation. -
President Eisenhower used the National Gaurd to protect and escort 9 African American students to enter a high school. They were prevented to go in even after segregation laws in public schools were removed. -
The Civil Rights Section of the Justice Department and the removal of any limitation for one’s right to vote was established by President Eisenhower. -
As a civil protest against segregation, 4 African American students were denied service while at a whites-only sit-in and didn’t leave due to this dehumanizing action. -
A Mexican- American civil rights movement in which those artists painted many murals along the sides of public buildings in order to showcase their culture. -
A Civil Rights group/activists that protested laws that didn’t follow integration in southern states- Jim Crow south. -
He was a Latino American civil rights activist and co-founded the National Farm Workers Association. -
MLK explains and defends his actions of nonviolent protest against racism while imprisoned. -
He presents a speech calling for an end to racism in the United States and also for civil and economic rights. -
Made poll tax illegal in elections. -
Discrimination against people based on color, sex, race, religion, or national origin was outlawed by LBJ and it also outlawed any practice of unequal voting, education, jobs, and public uses. -
A political organization that criticized and challenged the policing system in the United States due to constant police brutality against the African American community. -
MLK was assassinated by James Earl Ray outside his hotel room in Memphis, TN. -
Formed to address police harassment and racism against Native Americans and more injustices with the intention to create economic independence.
