https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601 Made with fortitude en-us 2017-02-27 15:40:19 UTC 2017-03-03 05:26:04 UTC hello@padlet.com caroline_vaughn_313 https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156445664 December 16, 1865
This amendment abolished slavery in the United States. ]]> 2017-02-27 15:40:50 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156445664 caroline_vaughn_313 https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156445772 July 9, 1868
This is considered one of the reconstruction amendments. This defined national citizenship and forbid states from restricting the basic rights of the people.]]> 2017-02-27 15:41:03 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156445772 caroline_vaughn_313 https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156445813 February 3, 1870
This amendment prohibits federal and state governments from denying a person the right to vote based on race or color.]]> 2017-02-27 15:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156445813 caroline_vaughn_313 https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156445911 He was an African American teenager who was lynched at the age of 14 for supposedly flirting with a white woman. He died August 28, 1955.]]> 2017-02-27 15:41:19 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156445911 caroline_vaughn_313 https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156446031 Started playing for the dodgers April 15, 1947, making him the first African American to play major league baseball.]]> 2017-02-27 15:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156446031 caroline_vaughn_313 https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156446108 December 1, 1955 she refused to give up her seat to a white man on a Montgomery bus, as she was legally required to do.]]> 2017-02-27 15:41:45 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156446108 caroline_vaughn_313 https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156446176 May 4, 1961
Civil rights activists launched a series of bus trips through the south to protest segregation in interstate bus terminals.]]> 2017-02-27 15:41:52 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156446176 caroline_vaughn_313 https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156446250 July 25, 1960
Four African American students at North Carolina A&T State University took seats at the segregated lunch counter.]]> 2017-02-27 15:42:03 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156446250 caroline_vaughn_313 https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156446356 September 19, 1957
A group of 9 African American students enrolled in Little Rock high school. This was a result of the Little Rock crisis where they were initially prevented from entering the racially segregated school.]]> 2017-02-27 15:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156446356 caroline_vaughn_313 https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156446569 In 1963, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference organized a movement to bring attention to the integration efforts of African Americans in Birmingham, Alabama.]]> 2017-02-27 15:42:44 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156446569 caroline_vaughn_313 https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156446747 August 28, 1963
A political demonstration held in Washington DC by civil rights leaders to protest racial discrimination and show support for many Civil Rights legislations.]]> 2017-02-27 15:43:02 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156446747 caroline_vaughn_313 https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156446827 April 16, 1963
An open letter from Martin Luther King Jr. while he was in jail. In the letter, he defended the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racism.]]> 2017-02-27 15:43:12 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156446827 caroline_vaughn_313 https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156447029 1973
This supreme court case decided that the constitution protects women's rights to have an abortion before the fetus is viable.]]> 2017-02-27 15:43:37 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156447029 caroline_vaughn_313 https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156447135 January 23, 1964
This act abolished the poll tax that made people pay in order to cast their vote. This often made it difficult for minorities to vote.]]> 2017-02-27 15:43:49 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156447135 caroline_vaughn_313 https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156447307 July 2, 1964
This act abolished segregation in all public institutions, public facilities, and employment.]]> 2017-02-27 15:44:07 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156447307 caroline_vaughn_313 https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156447495 August 6, 1965
This act eliminated some of the various devices that tried to prohibit black people from voting, such as literacy tests.]]> 2017-02-27 15:44:24 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156447495 caroline_vaughn_313 https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156447763 On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot and killed while standing on the balcony outside of his motel room.]]> 2017-02-27 15:44:46 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156447763 caroline_vaughn_313 https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156447889 April 11, 1968
This act ensured that no one could be denied to sell or rent their dwelling based on their race, color, religion, or national origin.]]> 2017-02-27 15:44:59 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156447889 caroline_vaughn_313 https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156448097 Created in the Civil Rights Act of 1964, it is an agency that interprets and enforces federal laws that prohibit discrimination.]]> 2017-02-27 15:45:27 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156448097 caroline_vaughn_313 https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156448300 July 26, 1948
This was an executive order by Harry Truman that abolished racial discrimination in the US Armed Forces which led to an end in segregation.]]> 2017-02-27 15:45:48 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156448300 caroline_vaughn_313 https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156448426 1972
The US supreme court decided that Amish children could not continue school after the 8th grade because their parent's right to freedom of religion outweighed the state's interest in the children's education.]]> 2017-02-27 15:46:00 UTC https://padlet.com/caroline_vaughn_313/fz4mojqhg601/wish/156448426