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A case that decided that Amish children did not need be placed under compulsory education after 8th grade. This was due to the parents fundamental belief to right of religion.

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This provided fair housing throughout the United States.  This eliminated discrimination in the sale or rental of a home as well as in Brokerage service.

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This gave legal basis to ban segregation and segregation in general. Originally this was created to guarantee the rights of African Americans, but it also helps other groups fighting discrimination.

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This was a march for human rights with over 250,000 demonstrators from across the country who showed up to the capital.  This has been the largest march for human rights in the history of the United States.

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A group of volunteers (black and white) who to traveled from Washington DC to New Orleans in a bus, ignoring the Jim Crow Laws in a nonviolent protest.

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Rosa Parks was thrown into prison after resisting giving up her seat to a white person.  After she stood up for herself other caught on and she sparked the civil rights movement.

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the fifteenth amendment assures that the right to vote will not be affected by race, color or slavery whatsoever.

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5) Desegregation of the Armed Forces 1948

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5) Desegregation of the Armed Forces 1948

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The government, led by Truman, issued an order to integrate the segregated military at the time.

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Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated in Memphis Tennessee on April 4, 1968. This led to many riots throughout the nation and brought civil rights agitation to a close. MLK was the leader of the nonviolent civil rights movement and was looked up to many during this time and is still a hero to many as he fought and lead the fight against race segregation and equality.

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This amendment  prohibited the federal and state governments from stating poll taxes before a citizen can vote in election.

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These were nonviolent protests that directly took action against racial segregation. Led by the Southern Christian Leadership conference, the group fought for freedom and justice, as the protests continued, they turned violent and many were arrested.

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This is a reference to a series of protests by four African American college students in Greensboro, North Carolina who tried to stand for justice. Because these four were denied service at a restaurant due to their race, they spread national protests against injustice to African Americans and for their civil rights.

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He was the first African American participate and play in Major League Baseball.  He was born 1/31/1919 and grew up with his mother (father had abandoned the family) and worked hard.  After fighting in WW2 he got signed into the MLB.

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This gave national rights to citizens regardless of their race.  This came about after the civil war struggles of division by race

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17) EEOC - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - 1964

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17) EEOC - Equal Employment Opportunity Commission - 1964

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Was created by Title VII of 1964 civil rights Act, To eliminate discrimination in all forms of employment. Identifies discrimination in hiring, firing, income, and training.

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This was an aim signed by president LBJ to overcome legal barriers that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th amendment.

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The jury decided in a 7-2 vote to keep abortion legal in the united states. This established conditions to allow states to regulate abortion during the second and third trimesters.

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This was a letter from Martin Luther King Jr. from his jail cell. He wrote this letter to encourage and keep the civil rights movement going. He referenced not to himself but everyone in the movement to continue or all the effort will be in vain.

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Martin Luther King Jr. was thrown into jail for protesting for civil rights justice.  The court ruled that he could not have protests in Birmingham Alabama.

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Federal school integration was required by law and 9 African American students where forcibly transferred into LIttle rock Central High.  Many were so against this that 1,000 troops of the 101st Airborne Division and federalized 10,000 members of the Arkansas National Guard came to stop the protests and escort the students into the school.

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Emmett Till was an African American who was murdered at just 15 years of age. The two white men who were guilty of the killing said that he allegedly was making advances towards white woman. This caused public outrage and was the foreshadowing to a civil rights movement.

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1) Thirteenth Amendment - December 6, 1865

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1) Thirteenth Amendment - December 6, 1865

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In summary, the it prohibits slavery, involuntary servitude (unless it's for a crime,)  and  the power to enforce the amendment. This amendment defined the United States Stance on Slavery and was the beginning of a new life of freedom for many.