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13th amendment
neither slavery or involuntary servitude except as a punishment for crime shall have been duly noted convicted shall exist within the us. -
14th amendment
put forward as the country was healing itself from the civil war. said that all people born or naturalized in the US including africans are citizens of the country. -
15th amendment
granted african men the right to vote by declaring the right of citizens of the US to vote shall not be denied by US or state on account of race. -
Plessy VS. Ferguson
plessy attempted to it in an all white railroad car and he refused to sit in an all black car. he was arrested for violating louisiana statute that said seperate but equal. -
19th amendment
guarentees all american women the right to vote. -
Brown Vs. Board of education
United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. -
Montogomery Bus Boycott
rosa parks refused to give up her seat so a white man could sit. other blacks then did the same and police arrested them. this sparked the blacks not riding on buses and instead they took cabs and walked. -
jim crow
created to segregate black people from the whites. there was an attempt to revert the jim crow laws to give blacks equal rights as the whites do. -
Affirmative Action
an action or policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education; positive discrimination. -
Civil Rights act of 1964
the first law addressed the legal rights of african americans was passed by congress since reconstruction. the law's provisions created the equal employment opportunity commission to address race and sex discrimination in employment to help local communities solve racial disputes. -
24th amendment
citizens had to pay a fee to vote in a national election. US ratified and prohibited any poll tax in elections for federal officials. -
Poll Taxes
prohibits any poll tax elections for federal officials. blacks didn't have enough money to vote even though they were allowed to vote. the 24th amendment allows the right for all US citizens to freely cast their votes. -
Voting Rights of 1965
prohibited states from denying a male citizen the right to vote based on his race, color, or previousconditions of servitude. one event when peaceful participants in a voting rights march and tropers attacked them with night stickes. they denied africans the right to vote. -
Robert Kennedyspechin indianapolis upondeath of MLK
They did not learn that King was dead until they landed in Indianapolis. ... Screenshot of Robert Kennedy speaking to a crowd in Indianapolis the night of Dr. Martin ... But then Kennedy went on: "For those of you who are black and are tempted ... -
Reed vs Reed
idaho maintained a law that stated that the administrators of estates should be male by preference. it was a woman sueing, seeking equal right to the administrator-ship. -
equal rights amendment
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sweatt VS.Painter
a black man applied for admission to the university of texas school law in austin. state attourney general rejected his application. -
regents of the university of california v bakke
landmark decision by the Supreme Court of the United States. It upheld affirmative action, allowing race to be one of several factors in college admission policy. -
Bowers vs hardwick
A male homosexual was criminally charged for committing consensual sodomy with another male adult in the bedroom of his home. -
Americans Disablitity Act
The ADA prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in employment, State and local government, public accommodations, commercial facilities, transportation, and telecommunications. It also applies to the United States Congress. -
Lawrence vs texas
Police found two men engaged in sexual conduct, in their home, and they were arrested -
Fisher vs Texas
United States Supreme Court case concerning the affirmative action admissions policy of the University of Texas at Austin. -
Indianas Gay Rights court Battle
Two federal lawsuits and one state lawsuit on behalf of same-sex couple seeking legal respect for their out-of-state marriages are pending
