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The Thirteenth Amendment
The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime. In Congress, it was passed by the Senate on April 8, 1864, and by the House on January 31, 1865. -
14th amendment
The Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is the amendment addresses citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws and was proposed in response to issues related to former slaves following the American Civil War. -
15th amendment
the United States Constitution prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's "race, color, or previous condition of servitude". -
Plessy vs Feguson
A case in which the U.S. Supreme Court by a seven-to-one majority one justice did not participate, advanced the controversial “separate but equal” doctrine for assessing the constitutionality of racial segregation laws. -
Mendez vs. Westminster School District of Orange County
Mendez vs. Westminster School District of Orange County was a 1947 federal court case that challenged Mexican remedial schools in Orange County, California. -
Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional. -
I have a dream
I Have a Dream" is a public speech delivered by American civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom -
The Civil Rights Act
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a landmark civil rights and US labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin
