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13th Amendment
Abolishes slavery -
14th Amendment
Rights of citizenship, due process of law, equal protection from the law -
15th Amendment
Right to vote cannot be denied on the color of skin -
Tuskegee Institute created
A school for colored teachers, provided students with academic and vocational training. Founded by Booker T. Washington. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
"Separate but equal" -
NAACP created
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Civil Rights organization to help fight for African American Rights. Founded by W.E.B. Du Bois. -
19th Amendment
Right to vote should not be denied because of sex (women have the right to vote) -
Executive Order 9981
Truman abolished discrimination. -
Brown v. Board of Education
Integrated public schools. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Civil Rights protest African Americans refused to ride city buses protesting segregated seating. Rosa Parks. -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
civil rights movement in a non-violent way. MLK -
Little Rock 9
Orval prevented 9 african americans from entering school president eisanhower uses national gaurd to protect students entry in school group african amercians -
Greensboro Nc Sit Ins
African American students sat at a whites only table and refused to leave group African American -
Student Non Violent Committee Formed
A committee of students who protested with non violent tactics -
Dr. Kings Letter to Birmingham Jail
Defends the strategy of using non violence to protest. -
24th Amendment
No more poll taxes group everything -
Black Panthers
A political org founded to challenge police brutality -
MLK assassinated
James Earl ray Assinated Mlk from a hotel bathroom -
Equal Rights Amendment (ERA)
Provided for legal equality of the sexes and prohibited discrimination on the basis of sex. Proposed by the National Women's political party. -
Sonia Sotomayor Appointed To The Supreme Court
Appointed by Regaen and was the first female to serve in the court group womans rights