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Scott vs Stanford
The court ruled that if you were from African descent either weather free or slave you weren’t considered as American. -
Reconstruction
The time period after the civil war. When we put America back again. -
13 Amendment
Released slaves from slavery. -
14th Amendment
Establish citizenship and due process clause -
15th Amendment
US citizens have the right to vote, black people could not vote. -
Jim Crow Era
Jim crow laws were made to keep segregation -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Decided the Jim Crow laws legal, the court ruled “separate but equal”. -
19th Amendment
Women can vote now. -
Scottsboro Boys
9 black boys are accused of raping 2 white girls. They didn't do it but at the time period, it didn't matter because if it was between a black man and a white man the white man always won. -
George Stinney Case
A 14-year-old black boy was accused of killing 2 white girls. He was tried and found guilty and they struggled to strap him in the electric chair because he was so small. -
Brown v. Board
Brown challenged the school system that segregating a child would hurt the mind of the children. -
24th Amendment
Banned poll taxes -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
It outlawed the discriminatory voting practices adopted in many southern states -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Prohibited refusal to sell or rent a dwelling to any person because of his/her race, color, religion or origin. -
California v. Bakke (1978) & Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)
Made being a different race than white you have a better chance of getting into college -
Meredith v. Jefferson Co Board (2007) (Louisville school integration)
The question was were the high schools using race as the sole reason to assign high school students to public schools. They said no. -
Shelby County v. Holder (2013)
Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional