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civil rights timeline
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Dred Scott v Sandford
Dred scott was a slave in Missouri Illinois, which was a free state because of the Missouri compromise of 1820. it was ruled that slaves were property under the fifth amendment and anything taken away anything from a slave owner was unconstitutional -
13th amendment
following the civil war the us constitution was ratified in December and it officially made slavery illigal in all states -
14th amendment
the 14th amendment passed through the senate in june and was ratified two years later, this granted citizenship to all people including formaly enslaved people -
15th amendment
this guaranteed African- American men the right to vote, almost immediately after ratification -
Plessy v Ferguson
Louisiana made a law stateing equal but separate for white and colored races. this started from an incident where an african american refused to sit in the car for black people. -
19th amendment
this amendment gave women the right to vote. it was ratified on august 18 1920. -
equal rights amendment
this was passed to end the legal distinctions between men and women in terms of divorce, property, employment and other things. -
brown v board
the supreme court ruled separating kids in public schools because of race was unconstitutional, this would be overruled the separate but equal set by plessy v ferguson. -
jim crow era
jim crow was any state or local laws that enforced or legalized racial segregation. that included basic necessary things like water fountains bathrooms and places on trains and more. this went from the late 1870s to the 1960s in every state in the south, the passed law to prohibit the mixing of races. -
Civil rights act of 1964
congress passed public law 88-352, this act prohibits the discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. this act was set in place to try yo strengthen the voting rights and desegregate schools. -
voting rights act of 1965
this act was sighed by president Lyndon B Johnson and it was aimed to overcome legal barriers and help African Americans exercise their right to vote under the 15th amendment. -
affirmative action
positive discrimination, are sets of policies and practices within the gov or an organization seeking to include particular groups based on gender, race, sexuality in areas which such groups are no equal -
reed v reed
the first marked in history that applied the equal protection clause of 14th amendment the get rid of discrimination against women. -
regents of university of california v bakke
supreme court ruled that the universitys use of not admitting because of race was unconsitutional, and the use of affirmative action would be used to accept more minority applicants -
bowers v hardwick
the 14th amendment dose not prevent a state from taking away private sexual conduct involving people of the same sex -
americans with disabilities act
this act prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in employment, transportation, public accommodations, and access to state and local gov programs -
lawrence v texas
this invalidated sodomy laws, making same sex activitys legal in every state and us territory -
obergefell v hodges
thw 14th amendment requires all staes to license marrages between same sex couples and to reconize that all marriages that were lawfully done out of state
