-
13th Amendment
The 13th amendment, passed by congress, abolished slavery and involuntary servitude -
14th amendment
The 14th amendment gave citizens rights and equal protection of the laws -
15th Amendment
The 15th amendment prohibits federal and state government from denying a citizen the right to vote based on race,color, or provisions -
Plessy V Ferguson
The state of Louisiana upheld racial segregation under "separate but equal". -
Mendez V Westminster
A case in California that said Mexican remedial schools were unlawful and unconstitutional -
Brown V Board of Education
The Supreme Court in Kansas declared state laws establishing separate public schools for blacks was unlawful and unconstitutional, overturning Plessy V Ferguson -
Montgomery Bus Boycott
Rosa Parks sparked the boycott by not giving up her seat. This then lead to 381 days of African Americans not using the buses to eventually change the laws on the buses. -
Little Rock 9
Nine students were set to be the. First nine black children to integrate Little Rock High but were not let in due to the national guard and a white mob. They were eventually lit in and finished their semester there. -
Letters from Birmingham Jail
Martin Luther King was arrested after peacfulign demonstrating without a permit. He wrote to 8 white ministers who told him to wait and trust that the system will overturn segregation. -
March on Washington
250,00 people marched on Washington with King for jobs and the end of segregation. -
I Have a Dream Speech
The day of the March on Washington Dr. King delivered a speech that spoke of his dreams for his children's future and for americas future. -
Assassinatoin of President Kennedy
-
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The act banded discrimination in employment and in public places -
Voting Right Act of 1965
L.B.J. Banded discriminating voting rights like literacy tests -
Loving V Virginia
Supreme Court ruled laws against interracial merriages as unconstitutional -
Assassinaton of Martin Luther King