The Civil Rights Movement

By josephv
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    13th Amendent

    Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, expect as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the U.S, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
  • NAACP-1909

    The NAACP was founded in 1909 on February 12th their method was to use lawyers and courts to argue the education received by African American students was inherently inferior since it sent the message African American children weren't good enough.
  • LULAC

    -Largest and oldest hispanic organization in the U.S.
    -Goal was to advance economic condition, education opportunities for hispanic.
  • Desegregation of the U.S. military

    In February 1948 President Truman created an important benchmark in the quest for equality and civil rights for African American to fight along white troops.
  • Southern christian leadership conference

    The SCIC is an African American civil organization.Significant individual led them, like Martin Luther King, Ralph albernatay, Joseph lower and Fred shuttle worth.
  • Malcolm X

    He founded the organization of afro american unity in 1964 to unify Blacks.
    -ths program called for reconstruction, reoriatation, education, economic security, and self defense for the black black community repairing the demage of slavery and having more rights for afro americans.
  • civil rights 1964

    the civil rights act of 1964 is a landmark civil rights and U.S labor law in the U.S. that outlaws discrimination based on race, sex or national.
  • voting right act of 1965

    is a land mark piece of federal legislation in the U.S that prohibits racial discrimination in voting.
  • Black Panther 1966

    we want freed we want power to determine the distiny of our black community.
  • National organzation for women betty friedman

    -The National organization for women is an American feminist organization founded in 1966.the organization consists of chapter in all 50 U.S. and the district of Columbia.
  • La Raza Unida

    Raza Unida party was established on January 17 1970 at a meeting of 300 Mexican american in crystal city, by Jose Angel. The goal was to bring better greater economic, social & political determination to Mexican Americans in Texas
  • Civil Rights Act of 1957

    -The civil rights act to increase African American voting in the south.
    -The law gave federal courts the power to register African American voters.
  • 23th Amendment

    Washington DC the right to vote for representatives in the Eloectoral college.