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13th Amendment
It was put into place at the end of the Civil War to abolish slavery in the US and it was a solution to stop the spread of it. -
14th Amendment
It was used to address citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws. -
15th Amendment
It was put into place to prohibit the government from declining a citizen the right to vote because of their race. -
Mendez v. Westminster
This case ended school segregation in California and this state became the first state to authorize the system of desegragating public schools. This case was found unconsitional due to the Plessy Vs. Ferguson issue that had upheld racial segeration. Gonzalo Mendez he filed a class action suit on behalf of many other Mexican and Latin American desecendents due to his childern not being accepted into a public school Westminster Main School. -
Brown v. Board of Education
The lawsuit in the case was in the education field which was considered "unequal" to have seperate education facilities. This case began the intergration process of nonwhites into public schools due to Jim Crow Laws. Linda Brown was prohibted to attend school right next to her house that was only meant for whites. It also orginated in Topeka, Kanas. -
Delgado v. Bastrop ISD
In 1948 the League of United Latin American Citizens who were joined by the American G.I. Forum of Texas filed a lawsuit against Bastrop ISD due to the school district of the Texas public school system not allowing Mexican Americans to attend public schools with white children and was in violation of the rights guaranteed by the 14th Amendment -
Executive Order 9981
Establishing the President's Committee on equality of treatment and opportunity in the armed services in which there is no regard to race, color, religion, or national orgin. It orginated in the White House in Washington and it was signed by Truman. -
Sweatt v. Painter
In 1950, Heman Sweatt was denied admission into the University of Texas in Austin due to his race and in May of 1946 filled suit against Painter the President of the University that challenge the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation. -
Hernandez v. Texas
In 1954, Pete Hernández, a migrant cotton picker, was accused of murdering Joe Espinosa in a small town in Texas and argued that Mexican Americans were not aloud to participate in jurors. In the end the court ruled that Mexican Americans and all or any other racial groups were due equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment. -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
Aimed to ensure that African Americans could register to vote but was watered down due to the lack of enforcement -
24th Amendment
It was put in place to prohibit of any poll taxes in elections for federal officials. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
The Plessy decision set a precedent that "seperate" facilities for blacks and whites were constitutional as long as they were all treated equally. This case enabled the expansion of "seperate but equal" to overcome many problems for the people in states throughtout the South. Homer Plessy was the one who sued, he was the one who was arrested for sitting on the train that was only meant for whites. This case orginated in Louisiana. -
Civil Rights Act 1964
Allowed federal government broad power to prevent racial discrimmination and was signed by President Johnson -
Voting Rights Act 1965
Signed by President Johnson that authorized the federal governent to oversee qualified vote registrations due to local officials who refused to register African Americans -
Edgewood v. Kirby
Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund filed a lawsuit against the commissioner of education William Kirby due to citings of descrimination towards the students of the poorer school districts in Texas. In the end it required schools to make changes to finances to increase funding to the school who had less and were poorer.
