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jim crow laws
where state and logic laws enforcing racial segregation in the southern states. The laws affected almost every aspect of daily life, mandating segregation of schools, parks, libraries, drinking fountains, restrooms, buses, trains, and restaurants. "Whites Only" and "Colored" signs were constant reminders of the enforced racial order. -
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civil rights act
is a landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
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lynching
White supremacists punished African Americans who tried to protest these discriminations. In hundreds of ways black citizens of the South suffered humiliations, beatings, and intimidations, but lynching was the ultimate form of violence. -
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desegregation
it was the end of segregation. schools started to let schools intergrate. -
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Thurgood Marshall
he was a lawyer of brown v. board of edu. hes was the 1st black supreme court justice. -
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Rosa Parks
Montgomery bus boycott. she was a african- american civil rights activise. -
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hector p. garcia
he was a mexican american physician , suregon, and a world war 2 vetren, civil right advocate. open up a medicale practice in corpus chrisiti. -
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19th amendment
equal votiong for men and women. The amendment states that the right of citizens to vote "shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex." -
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betty friedan
was an American writer, activist, and feminist. A leading figure in the women's movement in the United States, her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique is often credited with sparking the second wave of American feminism in the 20th century. -
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cesar chavez
cesar was an american farm worker , labor leader in civil rights activis. founded the national farm works association in 1962. -
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martin luther king jr.
he gave the "i have a dream" speech. leader of black cicil rights movement. -
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non violent protest
martin luther king was a non violent protest, such as boycotts, sit ins, student strikes -
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sit -ins
a mixture of black and white students from a university went to a diner and ordered coffee, this happen in many other diners. the white people wouldnt serve them. the whites were beat worse because the other white peopl felt as if they were traders -
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24th amendment
prohibiting any poll tax in elections for federal officials. 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 -
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26th amendment
changed prtion of the 14th amendment. could vote 18 and up.