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13 th Amendment

13 th Amendment. 1865 Ended Slavery. 14 th Amendment . 1868 Everyone is a citizen of the US and the state in which they reside. Due Process Clause Equal Protection Clause. 15 th Amendment . 1870 Right to vote for all men. Civil Rights Cases. 1883

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13 th Amendment

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  1. 13th Amendment • 1865 • Ended Slavery

  2. 14th Amendment • 1868 • Everyone is a citizen of the US and the state in which they reside. • Due Process Clause • Equal Protection Clause

  3. 15th Amendment • 1870 • Right to vote for all men.

  4. Civil Rights Cases • 1883 • Discrimination legal by private citizens.

  5. Plessy v. Ferguson • 1896 • Separate but Equal in public facilities. • Jim Crow Laws are constitutional.

  6. Brown v. Board of Education • May 17, 1954 • Separate cannot be equal. • Provides legal ground for Civil Rights Movement. • Considered the start of the movement.

  7. Civil Rights Act of 1964 • Proposed by JFK. • Prohibited Discrimination in public facilities and in inter state commerce. • Created EEOC • Gave Justice Depart ability to act.

  8. Voting Rights Act of 1965 • Uniform standards of voter registration. • Federal govt. could register voters.

  9. Ku Klux Klan 1865 • Started after the Civil War by former Confederate Officers to prevent Blacks from voting, resist reconstruction, limit black education.

  10. Ku Klux Klan • Predominate throughout the South. • Found nation wide. • Membership has grown and declined throughout the years.

  11. The Hate List • Blacks • Catholics • Jews • Immigrants

  12. WASP • White • Anglo • Saxon • Protestant

  13. Jim Crow • Laws that created segregation in public places.

  14. Segregation De Jure: De Facto:

  15. NAACP 1909 • National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. • Attacked civil rights violations in court. • Attacked de jure segregation.

  16. CORE • Congress of Racial Equality. • Dedicated to bringing about change in favor of equal rights, in a non-violent way.

  17. SCLC 1957 • Southern Christian Leadership Conference • Martin Luther King Jr. • Black clergymen • Non-violent Protest • Focuses the movement on the South.

  18. SNCC • Ella Baker • 1960 • Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee • College Students

  19. Montgomery Bus Boycott • 1955 • Rosa Parks arrested for refusing to give up her seat. • Blacks refused to ride city buses for a year. • Supreme Court ruled against segregation on the buses.

  20. Montgomery Bus Boycott • Demonstrated that protests could be successful. • Launched Martin Luther King Jr. into national prominence.

  21. James Meredith 1961 • Applied to enter University of Mississippi. • Denied • Filed a lawsuit and won. • Required US Marshal’s and army troops to escort him.

  22. James Meredith • First night at Ole Miss. • 160 Federal marshal’s shot • 2 bystanders shot • 1 person killed on the first night alone.

  23. Ole Miss • After a riot in which two people were killed and 375 were wounded, President Kennedy sent 3,000 troops to restore order and allow Mr. Meredith to register as a student.

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