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KEY (Color Coded)
Blue - African Americans
Red - Native Americans
Green - Chicano
Yellow - Women -
13th Amendment (BLUE)
The 13th amendment abolished slavery in the United States and thus resulted in the freedom of all slaves including African Americans. It was a major stepping stone for the increase in civil rights for African Americans and moreover prohibited involuntary servitude. -
14th Amendment (BLUE)
Rights of citizenship, due process of law, and equal protection of the law were the key topics that the 14th Amendment encompasses and promotes. The 14th amendment has become one of the most used amendments in court to date regarding the equal protection clause. -
15th Amendment (BLUE)
The 15th Amendment was passed by the Congress and prohibited denying any citizen the right to vote based on their race and allowed African Americans to vote. Nevertheless, poll taxes with discrimination continued in addition to denial of this voting rights even after the passage of this amendment, which had an impending effect on African Americans. -
Tuskegee Institute Creation (BLUE)
The Tuskegee Institute was initiated by Booker T Washington and was a school that had a primary goal of promoting vocational training to young African Americans. In response, many individuals believed that the aforementioned undertaking was limited an emphasized on immediate desegregation. However, in spite of this the institute was imperative to African Americans across the United States in providing vocational training. -
Plessy v Ferguson (BLUE)
Plessy v Ferguson was a watershed court case with the purpose of eliminating discrimination and emphasizing the concept of "separate but equal" between whites and blacks, but unfortunately did not ending up implementing that idea into the world. The case ruled that African Americans should be separated by public accommodations highlighting a segregationist policy. -
NAACP created (BLUE)
The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) emphasized on abolishing slavery, eliminating discrimination in the United States as well as establishing equal voting rights. It was founded by W.E.B Du Bois, Ida B Wells and other key African American figures. -
19th Amendment (YELLOW)
The 19th Amendment allowed women to vote in the United States promoting the concept of gender equality and furthermore prohibited the denial of voting rights on the premise of sex. -
Brown v Board of Education (BLUE)
The Brown v Board of Education was a turning point case, which outlawed segregation and racial segregation in public schools. In response, many people were reluctant and were opposed to this in the South. -
Montgomery Bus Boycott (BLUE)
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was a civil rights protest which involved African Americans refusing to ride city buses in response to segregation in buses and was sparked by Rosa Parks who refused to give up her seat to a white man. This boycott resulted to some extent of equal seating and integration of Montgomery buses and negatively impacted the economy for about a year. -
Little Rock 9 (BLUE)
The Little rock 9 were African American students who amassed opposition to Orval Faubus, a racist governor of Arkansas who were enrolled in the Little Rock Central High School. In response to the crisis caused, president Eisenhower sent federal troops to safely escort the students and accompany them. -
Chicano Movement (Mural Movement) (GREEN)
The Chicano or Mural Movement involved Mexicans painting murals or walls and these portrayed the culture of Mexican-American people and provided insight to the public about Chicano muralism and strongly impacted the their viewpoint. The major goal was to achieve Mexican American empowerment. -
Cesar Chavez (GREEN)
Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta played a imperative role in creating the UFW union( United Farm workers Union) which was created in order to improve the working conditions for immigrants and wages for farm workers ( immigrants who are workers coming to the US) who wanted proper health and hygiene for these workers. IT was initially known as the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA) in 1962. -
Dr. King’s: “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” (BLUE)
Martin Luther King Jr was a civil rights activist and founder of the Southern Christian Leadership who wrote a letter while confined in the Birmingham Jail, which justified civil disobedience and addressed the inequality and unjust treatment experienced by Negroes in the segregated city of Birmingham and motivated people to take action against this situation. -
24th Amendment (BLUE)
The 24th Amendment abolished poll taxes for elections in the United states and promoted equal voting for everyone. -
March from Selma, Alabama (BLUE)
It was a landmark march of the Civil rights movement organized by non violent activists in order to fight for African Americans and their right to vote and opposing segregationist policies from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery. It emphasized the concurrent racial injustice and therefore contributed to the passage of the Voting Right Act later that year. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965 (BLUE)
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was instituted by Lyndon B Johnson and it eliminated prevalent restrictions pertaining to voting of African Americans in the United States and expanded on the terms listed in the 15th amendment. -
Black Panthers (BLUE)
The Black Panthers was a self-defense organization promoting African American civil rights with the goals of emphasizing 'black power.' This group has had a tremendous impact on African Americans, which has resulted in more educated blacks pertaining to their rights. -
Thurgood Marshall appointed to the Supreme Court (BLUE)
Thurgood Marshall was the first African American Supreme Court Justice who advocated for civil rights and equality for African Americans. Furthermore, he helped conclude many prominent cases during the time one of the most imperative being the Brown v Board of Education was essential in outlawing segregation in public schools. -
American Indian Movement (AIM) (RED)
The American Indian Movement was created in order to emphasize on the equal rights of American Indians in the United States. It was established to fight the inequality and profiling faced by American Indians. -
Assassination of MLK (BLUE)
Martin Luther King was inspired by many non-violent advocates the most prominent being Mahatma Gandhi and fought for African American racial equality and ending segregation once and for all. Unfortunately, he was assassinated by James Earl Ray in his hotel room on April 4th, 1968, but overall his words still echo till this day and has shaped the world as people see it today.
