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13th Amendment
Abolished slavery in the United States Group- African Americans -
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. Group - All groups -
15th Amendment
Gave African American men and other minorities the right to vote
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Tuskegee Institute was created
Was founded by Booker T Washington and it gave the African Americans an opportunity to go to school and get abn education Group- African Americans -
Plessy v. Ferguson
A court case that lead to the saying of “Separate but equal”
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NAACP was created
To secure political, educational, social, and economic rights for the colored people to end racial discrimination
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19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote
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Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) was proposed
A proposed amendment that had the idea of granted everyone equal rights regardless of sex
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Cesar Chavez
He tried to better the working conditions for the worked who labored on the farm vent though they had low wages and worked through extreme conditions Native Americans -
Executive Order 9981
It abolished racial segregation in the military which led to African Americans taking part in the armed forces
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Brown V Board of Education
A case that the supreme court justices ruled unanimously that, the racial segregation of children in public schools was unconstitutional African Americans -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
A civil rights protest where African Americans refused to ride the buses in Montgomery. They did this to protest the segregated seating on the buses African Americans -
Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) formed
Was established to continue to the fight for Civil Rights in America African Americans -
Little Rock 9
9 African American students were enrolled in an all whit school at the time and was significant because it was testing the supreme court on the rule of segregation in schools is unconstitutional African Americans -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
President Eisenhower established this act that said you’re not allowed to restrict a person to vote regardless of their color, sex, etc. All Groups -
Chicano Movement (Mural Movement)
It was the movement for Mexican Americans trying to gain social and political equality. These groups were trying to gain the Mexican Americans their pride. Chicanos -
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) formed
A committee that was formed by young African Americans. They formed the committee trying to gain more say in the Civil Rights Movement African Americans -
Greensboro, NC Sit-ins
A nonviolent protest that protested a segregated lunch counter. This led to a wider sit in movement that was later established African Americans -
Freedom Riders
They were civil rights activists that rode buses into the segregated south states and tried to challenge the non-enforcement of the U.S. Supreme Court decision of Morgan V Virginia. African Americans -
Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”
It was classified as the most important document in the civil rights era. it was a peaceful way of protest and it was another attempt to gain freedom during an era of actions and spoken words
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