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Scott v. Sanford
A black male who sought to purchase his freedom from Sanford, Sanford objected, and Scott sued; leading to a court case where Dred argued for his freedom through stating that he was free because he was born in a state where slavery was banned. Court declares Scott free, but then the case ensues in which it is declared that slaves are owned as property under the 5th amendment. -
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Reconstruction and Reconstruction Amendments
The Reconstruction Era was a time in U.S. history after the Civil War which remade the way slavery was looked at. It also was the time when the Southern states were being admitted into the Union once again. The 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments were the Reconstruction Amendments, and made it so that people of different races were more equal, such as banning slavery in the 13th Amendment. -
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Jim Crow Era
The Jim Crow Era was a time in U.S. history where there were State and local laws that created racial segregation in the Southern States. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
The court case was the case in which the Supreme Court decided that racial segregation was alright in public facilities as long as they were equal in quality. This created the saying, "separate but equal". -
19th Amendment
This amendment made it so people could not be denied their right to vote because of their sex. -
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Scottsboro Boys
This was an event in the 1930s where nine African American boys were falsely accused of raping two white girls. This case shed light on the racism in the South and how colored people were not really getting fair trials. -
George Stinney Case
This case was a case where a 14 year old African American boy was wrongfully convicted of murdering two white girls. He was sentenced to death and died at the young age of 14. Many of his rights were violated in his trial, once again bringing up the right to a fair trial. -
Brown v. Board
This case was the case where the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional to have separate colored schools and white schools in the U.S. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This banned discrimination in employment based on race and gender. It also banned the discrimination of people of different races in other things, such as schools. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
This Act outlawed discrimination of people in voting. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
This Act made is so people had to be provided equal housing opportunities regardless or religion, race, or sex. -
California v. Bakke
This case allowed for race to be on of several factors in college admission and upheld affirmative action. -
Gratz v. Bollinger
This case said that favoring different races in college admission violated the 14th Amendment and was unconstitutional, therefore contradicting the California v. Bakke case. -
Meredith v. Jefferson Co Board
This case made it so schools could not racially balance their student population and they had to integrate races. -
Shelby County v. Holder
This case declared that Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was unconstitutional because it does not apply to us anymore.
