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thirteenth amendment
abolished slavery and involuntary servitude except as punishment for a crime -
fourteenth amendment
citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War -
fifteenth amendment
denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race color or previous condition of servitude -
pleessy vs ferguson
the rights of states to pass laws allowing or even requiring racial segregation in public and private institutions such as schools public transportation restrooms and restaurants -
nation of islam is founded
is an African American political and religious movement founded in Detroit Michigan United States -
CORE is founded
is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States that played a pivotal role for African Americans in the Civil Rights Movement -
malcom little arrested and prison time
was born Malcolm Little on May 19, 1925 in Omaha Malcolm was sentenced to 10 years in prison -
jackie robinson integrates major baseball league
a major breakthrough of the color line in sports occurred when Jackie Robinson a 28-year-old African-American ballplayer and war veteran -
executive order 9981
President Harry S Truman It abolished racial discrimination in the United States Armed Forces and eventually led to the end of segregation in the services -
brown vs board of education
United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
ruby bridges
is an American activist known for being the first black child to desegregate the all-white William Frantz Elementary School in Louisiana during the New Orleans school desegregation crisis in -
murder of Emmitt till
was an African-American teenager from Argo, Illinois who was lynched in Mississippi at the age of 14 in 1955 after being falsely accused of flirting with a white woman. -
southern manifesto
was a document written in February and March 1956 in the United States Congress in opposition to racial integration of public places. -
montgomery bus boycott
a seminal event in the civil rights movement was a political and social protest campaign against the policy of racial segregation on the public transit system of -
SCLC is founded
SCLC was an organization primarily comprised of southern African American church leaders dedicated to combating racism through nonviolent group protests -
civil rights act of 1957
primarily a voting rights bill was the first federal civil rights legislation passed by the United States -
little rock nine (Barnett and Eisenhower)
was a group of nine African American students enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was followed by the Little Rock Crisis -
sncc is founded
by young people who had emerged as leaders of the sit-in protest movement initiated -
greensboro sit in
Its success led to a wider sit in movement organized primarily by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee -
freedom rides
was civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated southern United States in 1961 and subsequent years in order to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court -
james meredith and integration of ole miss
was fought between Southern segregationist civilians and federal and state forces beginning the night of September 30, 1962; -
letter from Birmingham jail
A letter that Martin Luther King Jr addressed to his fellow clergymen while he was in jail -
bombing of 16th street baptist church
which occurred at the African-American 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama on Sunday, September 15, 1963 when four members of the Ku Klux Klan planted at least 15 sticks of dynamite attached to a timing device beneath the front steps of the church. -
murder of medgar evers
was an American civil rights activist from Mississippi who worked to overturn segregation at the University of Mississippi and to enact social justice and voting rights He was murdered by a white supremacist and Klansman -
voting rights act of 1965
A law passed at the time of the civil rights movement that had traditionally been used to restrict voting by black people -
march on washington for jobs and freedom
more than 200000 demonstrators took part in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in the nation's capital the march was successful -
24 amendment
to the Constitution of the United States of America abolished the poll tax for all federal elections -
FREEDOM SUMMER
was a 1964 voter registration project in Mississippi part of a larger effort by civil rights groups such as the Congress on Racial Equality -
murder of james chaney, andrew goodman and micheal schwerner
three civil rights workers were abducted and murdered in an act of racial violence -
civil rights act of 1964
is a landmark civil rights and US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin -
malcolm x assassinated
was shot and killed by assassins identified as Black Muslims -
tommie smith and john carlos black power olympic
Olympics Black Power salute was a political demonstration conducted by African American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos during their medal ceremony -
watts riots
over thirty people died in the Watts riots which were the first of several serious clashes between black people and police in the late 1960s -
executive order 11246
signed by President Lyndon b Johnson on September 24 1965 established requirements for non discriminatory practices in hiring and employment on the part of U.S. government contractors. -
black panthers are founded
was a revolutionary black nationalist and socialist organization founded by Bobby Seale -
loving v virginia
is a landmark civil rights decision of the United States Supreme Court which invalidated laws prohibiting interracial marriage. -
newark and detriot race riots
, also known as the 12th Street riot, was a violent public disorder that turned into a civil disturbance in Detroit, -
memphis sanitation workers strike
began a labor strike to protest unfair wages unsafe working conditions -
kerner commission
commission established by President Lyndon B. Johnson in Executive Order 11365 to investigate the causes of the 1967 race riots in the United States and to provide recommendations -
civil rights act of 1968
defines housing discrimination as the refusal to sell or rent a dwelling to any person because of his race color religion or national origin -
stokely carmichael and black power
was a civil rights activist and national chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee -
bloody sunday
when unarmed demonstrators led by Father Georgy Gapon were fired upon by soldiers of the Imperial Guard as they marched towards the Winter Palace -
bull connor and birmingham alabama protests
was an American politician who served as an elected Commissioner of Public Safety for the city of Birmingham, Alabama, for more than two decades
