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13h amendment
Abolished slavery -
14th amendment
Granted citizenship to "all persons born or naturalized in the U.S" -
15th amendment
Granted African Americans the right to vote -
Plessy v Ferguson
Homer ferguson jailed for sitting in the car for whites only in 1892.He took this to the supreme court. The outcome was that the court decided to uphold racial segregation in public facilitiea. -
Mendez v Westiminster
Case that opposed racial segregation in Orange county, California. This was to end racial segregation of Mexican and Mexican Americans -
Delgado v Bastrop ISD
Prohibited segregation of Mexican Americans in Texas illegal -
executive order 9981
prohibited racialbdiscrimination in the armed dorces -
Executive order 9981
Prohibited racial discrimination in the armed forces -
Sweatt v painter
Case that challenged seperate but equal doctrine of racial segregation established by the Plessy v ferguson case -
Hernandez v Texas
Case that stated the Mexican Americans and other racial groups in the U.S had equal protection under the 14th amendment -
Brown v Board of Education
Declared state laws establishing seprate public schools to African American and white students to be unconstitutional -
Civil rights act of 1957
Voting right bill -
24th amendment
The right to vote in any primary election -
Civil rights act of 1965
prohibited racial discrimination in voting -
Edgewood v Kirby
Case that opposed discrimination againts Mexican Americans in poor disctricts -
Civil rights act of 1964
Outlawed discrimination on race, sex, religion, national origin
