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Rosa Parks
At this point almost everyone knows who Rosa Parks is and what she did. In 1955 Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man. Obviously blacks have been fighting for equal rights for 100s of years in America, but her standing up on the bus by sitting down helped start the civil rights movement in the US. This was the first step as it inspired the movement for desegregation of busses, after a year the supreme court said bus segregation was unconstitutional. -
Little Rock Nine
In 1957 nine black students got enrolled in a previously all-white school in Little Rock, Arkansas. This was “test” done because in 1954 the supreme court ruled that segregation of schools was unconstitutional. This was a big thing as it was one of the first schools to become integrated. It happened on september 25, 1957. Because of the outrage this caused they needed military escorts to get into the school. This was one of the most important events in the civil rights movement. -
Tinker vs. Des Moines
In December, 1965, students in Des Moines held a meeting to plan a speech to support a truce in the Vietnam war. The plan was to wear black armbands on December 16 and New Year's Eve. The principal heard the plan, and created a rule that any student wearing an armband would be asked to remove it. Refusal to remove the armband will lead to a suspension. On December 16, two students of Des Moines, Mary Beth Tinker and Christopher Eckhardt wore their armbands and were sent home. -
First woman to run the Boston Marathon
Kathrine Virginia Kathy Switzer was born in Amberg, Germany, is an American author, television commentator, and marathon runner. She was the first woman to run in the boston marathon as an official entry. She ran the boston Marathon in 1967 in MA. Because she wanted to prove that women can run in the marathon too and beat some men. She rout her name as K. V. Switzer. Many people believe that she did this to make it seem that she isn't a woman but she claims that she does that on everything. -
Furman vs Georgia
In 1972, the Supreme Court that was important. A man named William Ferman shot and killed a man during a robbery. He was found guilty and sentenced to death, but he was never executed. The defence lawyer appealed the decision to the Supreme Court who ruled the death penalty is “cruel and unusual punishment” and violated the constitution. This case is important because other states now have to reconsider the death penalty. -
Title IX
Title IX is to get rid of sex discrimination It was put into place June 23, 1972. it was put into place because women wanted the right to do anything a man could do. The National Organization for women (NOW) persuaded President Johnson to include women in his executive orders. -
Regents of the University of California vs. Bakke
In 1973, a thirty five year old white man named Allan Bakke had applied to enter University of California Medical School at Davis twice. Allan Bakke was rejected two times. The school kept 16 places for qualified minorities. This was an effort to attract minority applicants to the medical school. Bakke's college GPA and test scores were far better than the minorities admitted, but was still rejected. Bakke struggled in the California courts and in the Supreme Court. -
Mapp Vs. Ohio
Dollree Mapp was an employee in the illegal gambling rackets.The Mapp vs. Ohio was a landmark case in criminal procedure. The United States Supreme Court decided that evidence obtained was violation of the Fourth Amendment which protects against unreasonable searches and seizures. Mapp vs. Ohio happened in 1961 in Ohio. Because On May 23, 1957, Police officers in Cleveland Ohio received an anonymous tip by phone. Three policemen showed up at her house asking if they can search her house. -
Matthew Shepherd beating
Matthew was a student at the University of Wyoming who was brutally beaten, tortured, and left to die on October 6, 1998. Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson were arrested for the beating of him and charged with his murder. When this happened the media was constantly focusing on Matthew’s sexual orientation and its involvement. What supposedly happened was Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson lured Matthew away from the bar to rob and beat him. -
Obergefell vs. Hodges
Same sex couples sued their states about the bans those states had on same sex marriage. The couples argued that Equal Protection Clause and Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment were violated. All of the cases were ruled in favor of the plaintiff. Because of this the bans on same sex marriage had to be lifted from those states and eventually every state that had one. This was a huge step towards gay marriage rights with showing that even the rights of a gay people. -
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