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thirteenth ammendment
Banned slavery from the united States. unless for a form of punishment -
Fourteenth Amendment
all persons born in the united states citizens of both the state and the nation where they resided. if born in the US they are automatically given full citizenship -
Fifteenth Amendment
Declared the right to vote. Shall not be denied on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude -
Plessy v. fergouson
seprate but equal -
Mendez v. westminister
desegrated schools for mexican americans and whites -
Delgado v Bastrop isd
undermineded the ridgid segragation of mexican americans -
Sweatt v painter
challennged the seperate but equal -
Hernandez v Texas
a landmark United States Supreme Court case that decided that Mexican Americans and all other racial groups in the United States had equal protection under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. -
Brown v. board of education
a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional -
civil rights act of 1957
primarily a voting rights bill, was the first civil rights legislation passed by Congress in the United States since the 1866 and 1875 Acts. -
Civil rights act of 1964
is a landmark piece of civil rights legislation in the United States that outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin -
24th amendment, 1964
The Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits requiring a poll tax for voters in federal elections. -
Civil rights act 1965
prohibits racial discrimination in voting. -
Edgewood v Kirby
guaranteed that schools would receive funding for the 1993-94 academic year. so minority schools could afford better educaton and could come out of poverty
