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14th Amendment
Rights 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. -
15th Amendment
An amendment in the constitution that prohibits the state from denying anyone the right to vote based on race. -
Tuskegee Institute Created
Was founded by Booker T. Washington as a colored college to promote progress in their race. -
Plessy V. Ferguson
A court case in which the supreme court ruled in favor of Ferguson to allow segregation in the public school system. -
Equal Rights Amendment
Was an amendment proposed to the United States that would guarantee equal rights for all American citizens regardless of race. -
Brown V. Board Of Education
Was a court case that reversed court case Plessy V. Ferguson. Made segregation in the public school system illegal. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A boycott of the bus system in Montgomery, Alabama because of segregation. -
Greensboro, NC Sit-ins
Young African American students sat in a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter in Greensboro, North Carolina after being denied service. Was an act of peaceful protests. -
Freedom Riders
People who rode on buses into segregated parts of the south as a part of peaceful protests. This ended up deadly in most cases. -
Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
A letter was written by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. explaining why he is serving jail time in Birmingham, Alabama and why he was there in the first place. Is acting on Civil Disobedience. -
March on Washington: “I have a dream” speech
A speech delivered to the public by MLK that called for civil and economic rights as well as an end to discrimination and racism. -
24th Amendment
Made poll tax illegal so that everyone could vote. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Ended segregation in public places and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, sex, and religion. -
March From Selma, Alabama
3 protest marches along the 54-mile highway from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, Alabama. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Allowed everyone that was a US citizen the right to vote. -
Black Panthers
A political party for self-defense of African Americans. -
American Indian Movement
A organization that sought to bring awareness to the discrimination and police brutality against American Indians. -
MLK Assasinated
MLK was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee for being a civil rights leader. -
Executive Order 9981
An order was given by President Truman that abolished discrimination in the military. -
Sonia Sotomayor appointed to the Supreme Court
The first Hispanic woman to be appointed to the Supreme court.
