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Scott v. Sanford
Scott was a slave that went around the world with his owner. Eventually he was in a free State. The owner died and Scott asked the wife if he could pay his freedom. She said no, but he was in a free State. He didn’t go free. The owner would be denied due process. They said it was a fifth amendment right. They said that Scott was property and not a citizen so he couldn't sue. They said slaves aren’t protected by the Constitution, even former slaves don’t have rights. -
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Reconstruction and Reconstruction Amendments
Reconstruction Amendments embed vision of reconstruction republicans in constitution. The amendments that they passed to help reconstruct the country after the Civil War. -
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Jim Crow Era
Took away the right for African Americans to vote, separated public accommodations; transportation, hotels, bathrooms, swimming pools, water fountains. The laws were legal segregation. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Equal protection clause, due process. Plessy went on all white train. The State has to have equal protection under the law. The US Supreme court said that they their was a place for blacks and whites and it was separate, but equal. Even though it wasn’t equal they ignored it for over 50 years. -
19th Amendment
Let women vote. -
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Scottsboro Boys
This is the court case was when nine black boys were accused of raping two white girls. They had to go through a lot of trials and had a hard life. -
George Stinney Case
George Stinney was 14 years old when accused of murdering two white girls. They put him to death on an electric chair. The was the youngest person in modern times to be put to death. You can't give the death penalty to people under 18 years old now. -
Brown v. Board
This is the case about "separate but equal." They say that separate can never be fully equal and that separation effects the kids learning and makes them feel less important. Separating schools into black schools and white schools is unconstitutional. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This Civil Rights Act enforced the Brown v. Board decision. It says that if they don't allow blacks to be in white schools and they continue having segregated schools, they will not receive any federal funding. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This act enforced the 15th amendment that allowed black men to vote. It overcame legal barriers between black men and voting.
