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Scott v. Sandford (1857)
The Dred Scott Case was a decade-long fight over Dred Scott's freedom. Dred Scott was a black slave and the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional and Scott won his freedom. -
Reconstruction (1865-1877)
13th A- abolished slavery
14th A- granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and slaves who had been emancipated after the American Civil War
15th A- Prohibits the federal and state governments from denying citizens the right to vote based on the race.
24th A- prohibits any poll tax in elections for federal officials. -
Jim Crow Era (1877-1960s)
Jim crow laws were laws created by white southerners to enforce racial segregation across the South from the 1870s to the 1960s. -
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
White and black people had to be separate but equal. -
19th Amendment (1920)
Citizens of the United States should not be denied the right to vote. -
Scottsboro Boys (1931-1937)
The Scottsboro Boys case were nine African American teenagers accused of raping two white women in Alabama. The supreme court ruled innocent after many trails. -
George Stinney case (1944)
George Stinney was a 14-year-old accused of murdering someone in the south. The supreme court ruled guilty. -
Brown v. Board (1954)
Outlawed segregation in public schools. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
Outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. To prohibits the unequal application of voter registration requirements. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Ended voting discrimination. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Prohibited housing discrimination. Like refusal to sell or rent a house to someone based on their race. -
California v. Bakke (1978) & Gratz v. Bollinger (2003)
The decision permitted the use of racial preference in student admissions to promote student diversity. -
Meredith v. Jefferson Co Board (2007) (Louisville school integration)
Universities cannot accept/decline students based on their race and the school's racial diversity. -
Shelby County v. Holder (2013) (elimination of preclearance enforcement)
States need to get permission from the federal government before changing voting laws.