The provisions of the 14th Amendment have been the basis of many momentous events and Supreme Court cases involving civil rights. The collage below includes items related to the 14th Amendment and its equal protection clause.
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Place the following events in chronological order by dragging the case to the correct place in the timeline.
Images used in this section, as they appear, top to bottom:
US Constitution, Library of Congress
Pvsfergone, Bluemarie0428, Wikipedia
School Segregation Banned, Kansas Memory
Civil Rights March on Washington D.C., Library of Congress
Martin Luther King and Malcolm X waiting for press conference, Library of Congress
Mexican-American labor leader Cesar Chavez, Library of Congress
Poster for a 1968 Carnegie Hall (N.Y.) concert to benefit California Grape Workers, Library of Congress
Jackie Robinson comic book, July 1951, Library of Congress
Group of Children Posing Under Sign That Reads "U.S. Department of Agriculture Farm Security Administration Farm Workers Community, Library of Congress
Blacks and whites drank from separate water fountains and coolers, as in this Oklahoma City
streetcar station in 1939
Felix Z. Longoria Private, United States Army, Arlington National Cemetery
In 1956, Rosa Parks's arrest and the bus boycott that followed was big news, Library of Congress
From "La Prensa," San Antonio, Texas, June 15, 1960. Tarlton Library, University of Texas
Alabama map, Martin H, Wikimedia Commons
Rick Perry by Gage Skidmore 8, Gage Skidmore, Wikipedia
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