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Scott V. Sanford
A black person who was sold as a slave, whether they are enslaved at the time or not, was not labeled as an American citizen and therefore could not sue in federal court. -
Reconstruction
This was the era of rebuilding the south after the Civil War. The purpose of it was to help the South become a part of the union again. -
Reconstruction Amendments: 13th Amendment
Abolished Slavery -
Reconstruction Amendments: 14th Amendment
Established Citizenship - The first attempt at figuring out if African Americans were citizens of the United States -
Reconstruction Amendments: 15th Amendment
Made it so African Americans could vote (did not allow the government to discriminate against people when they go to vote based on race) -
Jim Crow Era
laws that enforced the separation of people based on race -
Plessy V. Ferguson
Established the 'Separate but Equal' Clause -
19th Amendment
Gave men and equal voting rights. It did not allow the government to deny you the right to vote based on account of sex. -
Scottsboro Boys
Nine African American Boys falsely accused in Alabama of raping two white women on a train. -
George Stinney Case
George Stinney was an African American 14-year-old boy convicted of murdering two girls and was illegally given the death sentence by electric chair. -
Brown V. Board of Education
Oliver Brown sued against the board of education in their city after his daughter was denied the entrance to an all-white elementary school. He claimed that the schools for black children were not equal - therefore it violated the so-called “equal protection clause.” -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlawed discrimination based on color, race, religion, sex, or national origin. It prohibited the unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, employment, and public accommodations. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Outlawed discriminatory voting practices. Did not allow the government to restrict people from voting just because they were apart of a minority - poll taxes, literacy tests, grandfather clause -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
prohibited the government from selling or renting property to a person based on race, color, religion, or national origin. -
California V. Bakke
Bakke was denied access to medical school that had admitted black candidates with weaker academic credentials. Bakke said he was a victim of racial discrimination. The supreme court ruled that the university's use of racial "quotas" was unconstitutional. -
Gratz V. Bollinger
The decision in Gratz V. Bollinger permitted the use of racial of racial preference to in students admissions in order to promote racial diversity on campus. -
Meredith V. Jefferson Co Board
Jefferson School Districts Enrollment Plan was declared unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment. The Enrollment Plan said that each school's student population would be between 15% and 50% African American. -
Shelby V. Holder
Declared that section 4 of the voting rights act is unconstitutional