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Dred Scott v Stanford
The Dred Scott v Stanford was about how Slaves were still property in free states and Dred Scott thought he was a free man. \ -
13th Amendment
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery in the United States -
14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and slaves who have been emancipated after the American Civil War -
15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment is the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any State by color of race or any other conditions of servitude -
Plessy v. Ferguson
The Plessy v. Ferguson was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constituently of racial segregation -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment is the right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied by the United States or by any State on account of sex -
Brown v. Board of Education
The Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in which the Court ruled that U.S. state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Right Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. -
Reed v. Reed
The Reed v. Reed was a decision of the Supreme Court ruling that the administrators of estates cannot be named in a way that discriminates between sexes. -
Title IX
The Title IX is a federal civil rights law passed as part of the Education Amendments of 1972 -
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke
It upheld affirmative action allowing race to be one of several factors in college administration policy -
Americans with Disabilities Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination based on disability. -
Obergefell v. Hodges
Obergefell v. Hodges was a the right to marry the same sex by both the Due Process Clause and the Equal Protection Clause.