said "Equality under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the US or by any state on account of sex," but was not ratified by all states in 1972

leader of the civil rights movement who taught nonviolent protest was the best way for change

the fight for equal rights for African Americans begins in the mid-1900s

overturns the Plessy v. Ferguson decision and desegregates schools

speech by MLK, Jr. given on the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation

worked to end segregation in the 1960s

he challenged the "separate but equal" idea

president of the US who stated "Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country."

worked for women's rights

group organized by Cesar Chavez to gain rights for Latino American farm workers

domestic policy of President Johnson

policies put forth by President Kennedy

provided preschool for poor children

organized the Freedom Riders

sparked the Montgomery, Alabama transit bus boycott

first African American student at the University of Mississippi