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13th Amendment
The 13th Admendment abolished slavery. -
14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States -
15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment prevents the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citzens color, race, or previous condition seritude. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Upheld constitutionally of "sperate but equal facilities" based on race -
Mendez v Westminister
Chalenged racial segregationin Orange County schools in California -
Delgado v Bastrop ISD
U.S. District court in Austin prohibits segregation of Mexican-American students in Bastrop and other Central Texas school districts -
Sweatt v Painter
It ruled that the seperate professional schools for blacks were not up to standards and did not meet the "test of equality" -
Hernandez v Texas
During the post World War II period it was the first and only Mexican-American civil-rights case heard and decided by the United States Surpreme Court -
Brown v Board of Education
Court declared state laws establishing seperate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional -
Civil Rights Act of 1957
This is the voting bill. and everyone notes now -
24th Amendment
Prohibits any poll tax in elections for federal officials -
Civil Right act of 1964
Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin -
Voting rights act of 1965
Act the prohibits racial discrimination in voting. -
Edgewood v Kirby
Texas case that redistributes property taxes equally across the state from richer districts to poorer districts, it ended discrimination against poor school districts
