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14th amendmant
was adopted on July 9, 1868, as one of the reconstruction amendment -
15 amendmant
right to vote for any citizen race,color -
Jim Crow Laws
mandated de jure racial segregation in all public facilities in Southern states of the former Confederacy, with, starting in 1890, a "separate but equal" status for African Americans -
Plessey v. Ferguson
plessy attempted to sit in an all-white railroad car. After refusing to sit in the black railway carriage car -
thurgood Marshall
was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from October 1967 until October 1991. Marshall was the Court's 96th justice and its first African-American justice. -
Lyndon Baines Johnson
s the 36th President of the United States (1963–1969), a position he assumed after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States (1961–1963) -
Orval Faubus
was the 36th Governor of Arkansas, serving from 1955 to 1967. He is best known for his 1957 stand against the desegregation of the Little Rock School District during the Little Rock Crisis, in which he defied a unanimous decision of the United States Supreme Court by ordering the Arkansas National Guard to stop African-American students from attending Little Rock Central High Schoo -
Rosa Parks
civil rights movevent causing a boycott -
Hector P. Garcia
was a Mexican-American physician, surgeon, World War II veteran, civil rights advocat -
George Wallace
was an American politician and the 45th governor of Alabama, having served two nonconsecutive terms and two consecutive terms -
19th amendmant
prohibits any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex. It was ratified on August 18, 1920prohibits any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex. It was ratified on August 18, 1920 -
Cesar Chavez
s an American farm worker, labor leader and civil rights activist, who, with Dolores Huerta, co-founded the National Farm Workers Association -
Martin Luther King, J
civil rights movement leader -
Dolores Huerta
s a labor leader and civil rights activist who, along with César Chávez, co-founded the National Farmworkers Association, which later became the United Farm Workers -
Barbara Jordan
was an American politician and a leader of the Civil Rights movement. She was the first African American elected to the Texas Senate after Reconstruction and the first southern black female elected to the United States House of Representatives -
Delgado v. Bastrop ISD
u ntil the late 1940s the public education system in Texas for Mexican Americans offered segregated campuses with often minimal facilities and a curriculum frequently limited to vocational trainin -
amendmant
is a law written in the constitution -
Hernandez v. Texas
e first and only Mexican-American civil-rights case heard and decided by the United States Supreme Court during the post-World War II period was Hernández v. the State of Texas. In 1950 Pete Hernández, a migrant cotton picker, was accused of murdering Joe Espinosa in Edna, Texas, a small town in Jackson County -
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
A organization to help african americans -
Non-Violent Protests
protesting without hurting anyone -
Sweet v. Painter
Racial separation by force of law was a historic custom in the United States until the decision of Sweatt v. Painter by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1950 -
Mendez v westminster
n SEPTEMBER 1943, Sylvia Mendez, then 9 years old, and her two brothers went with their aunt and three cousins to enroll at the 17th Street School in Westminster.School officials, however, told her aunt that her children, who were half-Mexican but had light skin and a French surname, could register at the "white" elementary school,but the Mendez kids, who were dark skinned and had a Mexican last name, were not allowed; they had to enroll at the "Mexican" school 10 blocks away.n SEPTEMBER 1943, S -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka Kansas
was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional -
Sonia Sotomayor
nia Maria Sotomayor is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving since August 2009. Sotomayor is the Court's 111th justice, its first Hispanic justice, and its third female justic -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
all african american stopped riding busses -
Great Society
was a set of domestic programs in the United States announced by President Lyndon B. Johnson at Ohio University and subsequently promoted by him and fellow Democrats in Congress in the 1960s. -
was a set of domestic programs in the United States announced by President Lyndon B. Johnson at Ohio University and subsequently promoted by him and fellow Democrats in Congress in the 1960s.
during the 1960s to help african americans and hispanics -
Medicare
help american with medical expenses -
Upward Bound
was ment to help outamerica in a positive way -
Social Security
Was made during the baby boom era to help the elders -
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
helped latin americans -
Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC
was one of the organizations of the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s. It emerged from a series of student meetings led by Ella Baker held at Shaw University in April 1960 -
United Farm Workers Organizing Committee (UFWOC)
is a labor union created from the merging of two groups, the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee (AWOC) led by Filipino organizer Larry Itliong, and the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) led by César Chávez. -
National Organization for Women (NOW), Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC
s an African-American civil rights organization. SCLC was closely associated with its first president, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The SCLC had a large role in the American Civil Rights Movement. -
Eleanor Roosevelt
was the longest-serving First Lady of the United States, holding the post from 1933 to 1945 during her husband Franklin D. Roosevelt's four terms in office. -
Betty Friedan (The Feminine Mystique),
The Feminine Mystique is a nonfiction book by Betty Friedan, first published in 1963, which is widely credited with sparking the beginning of second-wave feminism in the United States.[2] -
March on Washington
] and called for civil and economic rights for African Americans. It took place in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, August 28, 1963. Martin Luther King, Jr., standing in front of the Lincoln Memorial, delivered his historic "I Have a Dream" speech advocating racial harmony during the march. -
Civil Rights Act 1964
was a landmark piece of legislation in the United States that outlawed major forms of discrimination against racial, ethnic, national and religious minorities, and women -
25th amendmant
In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President. -
24th amendmant
prohibits both Congress and the states from conditioning the right to vote in federal elections on payment of a poll tax or other types of tax. The amendment was proposed by Congress to the states on August 27, 1962, and was ratified by the states on January 23, 1964 -
Voting Rights Act 1965
strike for voting -
Voting Rights act
s a landmark piece of national legislation in the United States that outlawed discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disenfranchisement of African Americans in the U.S -
Black Panthers
was an African-American revolutionary socialist organization active in the United States from 1966 until 1982. The Black Panther Party achieved national and international notoriety through its involvement in the Black Power movement and U.S. politics of the 1960s and 1970s -
Edgewood ISD v. Kirby
Demetrio Rodriguez and other parents of Mexican American students in the Edgewood Independent School District of San Antonio, Texas, filed a class action suit in U.S. District Court challenging Texas’ public school finance -
26th amendmant
The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of age. -
Tinker v. De Moines
Petitioners, three public school pupils in Des Moines, Iowa, were suspended from school for wearing black armbands to protest the Government's policy in Vietnam. They sought nominal damages and an injunction against a regulation that the respondents had promulgated banning the wearing of armbands. Argued November 12, 1968 Decided February 24, 1969 -
Federal Housing Authority
FHA -
Militant Protests
aggressive or vigorous, esp in the support of a cause a militant protest -
La Raza Unida (Mexican Americans United)
was an American political party centered on Chicano nationalism. During the 1970s the Party campaigned for better housing, work, and educational opportunities for Mexican-Americans. -
Affirmative
insurance for business people -
Congress on Racial Equality (CORE)
s a U.S. civil rights organization that played a pivotal role for African-Americans in the Civil Rights Movement. Membership in CORE is still stated to be open to "anyone who believes that 'all people are created equal' and are willing to work towards the ultimate goal of true equality throughout the world.” -
Title IX
is a portion of the Education Amendments of 1972, Public Law No. 92‑318, 86 Stat. 235 (June 23, 1972), codified at 20 U.S.C. sections 1681 through 1688, U.S. legislation also identified its principal author's name as the Patsy Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act. It states (in part) that No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving f -
American Indian Movement (AIM)
In the 30 years of its formal history, the American Indian Movement (AIM) has given witness to a great many changes