Amendments
Secured the right to vote for women.
What is the 19th Amendment
Established the "separate but equal" doctrine in 1896
What is Plessy v. Ferguson
The legal separation of groups of people by race.
What is de jure segregation?
Prohibits discrimination in public places and employment
What is the CRA of 1964
Action to end bus segregation in Alabama.
What is Montgomery Bus Boycott?
Ended slavery following the Civil War
What is the 13th Amendment
Ruled that African Americans, whether free or enslaved, could NOT be US citizens
What is Dred Scott.
The clause in the 14th amendment guaranteeing civil rights
What is the Equal Protection Clause?
The ADA required retrofitting public places to accommodate disabled people without financial help. What is this known as?
What is an unfunded mandate?
These were started by four college students at a Woolworth's store.
What is the Greensboro lunch counter sit-ins
Secured the right to vote for former enslaved men.
What is the 15th Amendment
What is Brown v. Board of Education
Protection from discrimination
What are civil rights?
Ended Literacy Tests
What is the Voting Rights Act of 1965
The city where MLK was jailed for protesting.
What is Birmingham
Contains the Equal Protection Clause...the source of civil rights protections
What is the 14th Amendment
In LFBJ, King is writing to...
What is White Clergy in Birmingham AL
The deliberate violation of an unjust law to draw attention to its injustice.
What is civil disobedience?
Under the VRA, what is preclearance?
It requires southern states to get approval from the federal gov before changing their voting laws.
Name THREE tactics used by southern states to keep Blacks from voting
What are white primaries, literacy tests, poll taxes, intimidation...
Ended the poll tax in all states in the US
What is the 24th Amendment
The form of civil disobedience King advocates for drawing attention to unjust laws
What is non-violent direct action
The law enacted to end gender / sex discrimination in educational settings.
What is Title 9?
Under the CRA of 1964, this group was created to ensure equality in employment by investigating discrimination complaints
What is the EEOC
Why did Rosa Parks' arrest cause an uproar among her community?
She was a highly respected leader in her church and community and her arrest sparked outrage.