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The 14th Amendment
On July 9, 1868 the 14th amendment was passed, and this amendment stated that former slaves had the rights by the Bill of Rights. This amendment was passed to protect the rights of the African Americans, and also provide citizenship. -
Segregated Water Fountains
Although the 14th Amendment was passed, the blacks and whites drank from different water fountains because it was part of the seperate but equal act. Although they may have had the same pipe where the water comes from, the whites had a cooler water to drink, but as for the blacks they had to just drink from the room temperature water, which was violently the seperate but equal act. -
Colored Waiting Room
There were many places that had signs saying "colored waiting room" or "colored fountain". Every place was label to where the blacks can go or cannnot go. The seperation of these two races applies to the 14th Amendment because it also goes along with the act that says seperated but equal. Therefore, there were so many of those signs all over the place. -
Thurgood Marshall
Thurgood Marshall was a bright African American lawyer who fought in the case of Brown vs. Board of Education. He was also the leader of the NACCP's legal team to stop segregation. On this day, the U.S. Supreme Court finally came to conclude that sepreated educational facilities are not equal. Now this applies to the 14th Amendment because all the unequal rights that were happening to the African Americans were violating the 14th Amendment. -
Integrated classroom
After the case of the Brown vs. Board of Edcuation, students of different color could go to school together. On this day, African American students were finally able to go to school for a full day. This movement applies to the 14th Amendment because now, it's showing that all African Americans can be equal by going to the same school with all the other kids now. -
Protest against integration
Now that both races could go to school together, there were many whites that object against this act. They didn't want whites and blacks being together in the same classroom. They also didn't like the idea of races being mixed together because they said race mixing was communism. This applies to the 14th Amendment because the whites don't want the blacks being equal with them, and just wanting to violent the Amendment. -
Black Women Voting
Although the 14th Amendment was passed, it wasn’t used specifically used to protect the rights for black women to vote.This problem wasn't just for black women, but also white women. They weren't allowed to vote just because they were women. -
Women in the Workplace
The 14th Amendment was used to protect everybody's equal rights, and although it didn't protect much of the women's rights to vote and work in workplaces, it was violently the Amendment. After women fought for their rights, they were soon able to work in workplaces and also vote due to Susuan B. Anthony's actions.
