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Scott v. Sanford
A man name Dread Scott was a slave whose owner had died. He moved to Illinois and thought of himself to be a free citizen, however, since the 5th amendment protected slavery as a part of property, he wasn't allowed to be a citizen. -
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Reconstruction & Reconstruction Amendments
13th A- Stated no slavery or involuntary work will be forced unless as a crime while within the U.S. 14th A- Outlawed slavery and explained the rights of being a U.S. citizen. 15th A-Gave the right to vote in all races and colors. Made it so black people could be U.S. citizens. Reconstruction Efforts, Lincoln made it so that if Confederate states wanted to rejoin the Union after the war, they had to make slavery illegal. -
Jim Crow Era
State and local laws that enforced racial segregation in southern U.S. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
A law in Louisiana required separate railways for black and white colored races. Plessy who was a colored man sat in the white section fo the train. Plessy was arrested. The courts ruled that even though the train has different sections since there is black seating, they are both being treated equally. -
19th Amendment
Gave women the right to vote. -
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Scottsboro Boys
Nine black teens had gotten into a fight on a train and had been accused of raping two white women. Only one had been found guilty however he escaped. This was considered the start of the civil rights movements/era. -
George Stinney Case
George Stinney was a 14-year-old black boy who was convicted of murder as a result of racially biased and segregated trial. He was the youngest person to ever receive the death sentence. -
Brown v. Board
This case led to the segregation of schools to be determined as unconstitutional. Even though both races were provided with a school, the mind and thinking could be interfered by thinking that the black kids weren't as good as the white children(inferior) -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
This act listed the protected classes (gender, sex, race, age, and disability) Also, this act stated that any state that continues to discriminate loses federal funding. And if you were to lose funding the economy would fall, and no one would re-elect someone that let for the economy to fall. Finishes discrimination based on race. -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
Took down the barriers that prevent colored people from voting. -
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental and financing of housing based on race, religion, national origin and sex. -
California v. Bakke
University set aside 16 of 100 seats for non white studnets. White stdunet sued and white students won. -
Gratz v. Bollinger
This case explains how a school was using a 100 point scale fo students trying to be accepted, however, the school was giving the black students a 20 point advantage. The court ruled this unconstitutional since it was making the black race more 'stronger/powerful' the white people and not equal. -
Meredith v. Jefferson Co Board
Ruled that there was no reason to integrate schools. Looked at due process. -
Shelby County v. Holder
In this case, the courts decided to get rid of pre clearnance. This mt hat states would need federal approval to change th evoting laws. Howeve now, we don't have preclearnnce. This happend because the data beng used was old. So it wasn't fair to the judge trying to make a change if the data was irrlevant.