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13th amendment
end of slavery signed by Abraham Lincoln -
14th amendment
garunteeing African Americans citezenship and its priviliges signed by President Andrew Johnson -
15th amendment
Granted African American males the right to vote Signed by pesident Ulysses S. Grant -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
States could now constitiutionaly provide segregated facilities for African Americans, so long as they were equal to those afforded white persons.
"seperate but equal" -
24th amendment
Abolished poll tax & the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibited racial discrimination in employment and education and outlawed racial segregation in public facilities. -
Mendez vs. Westminister
Challenged racial segregation on Orange County, California schools. -
Delgado v Bastrop ISD
Delgado vs. Bastrop is a court case which prohibited the segregation of Mexican-Americans in Texas illegal -
Executive Order 9981
President Truman issued Executive Order 9981 establishing equality of treatment and opportunity in the Armed Services. This historic document can be viewed here. -
Sweatt v. Painter
case that successfully challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation established by the 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson. -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Court declared state based laws establishing seperate public schools for black and white student to be unconstitutional. This overturned Plessy vs Ferguson which allowed state- sponsored segregation. -
Hernandez v. Texas
case that decided that Mexican Americans and all other racial groups in the United States had equal protection under the 14th Amendment -
Civil Rights Act 1957
primarily a voting rights bill, first civil rights bill passed by Congress Signed by Dwight D. Eisenhower -
Civil Rights Act 1964
outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin. ended racial segregation Signed by Lyndon B. Johnson -
Voting Rights Act of 1965
prohibits racial discrimination in voting, designed to enforce the voting rights guaranteed by the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments Sigend by Lyndon B. Johnson -
Edgewood v. Kirby
concerning public school finance
