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Freedom Movement in the Courts

By BryanaK
  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson

    Issue: the seperate car act on the trains violated 13th and 14th Amendment Court's Decision: Act was unconsituitional
  • State of Missouri ex rel Gaines v. Canade

    State of Missouri ex rel Gaines v. Canade

    Issue: Equal protection should allow blacks to attend school Court's Decision: Provide legal training to every qualified person to satisfy equal protection
  • Smith v. Allwright

    Smith v. Allwright

    Issue: Smith argued the state denied his right to vote Court's Decision: Restricted primary took away his right to vote
  • Sipuel v. Board of Regents

    Sipuel v. Board of Regents

    Issue: Race being a factor when trying to enter college Court's Decision: Required equality between both race to be admitted
  • Shelley v. Kramer

    Shelley v. Kramer

    Issue: Does the action of state court in enforcing the restrictive convenant deprive the rights guranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment Court's Decision: Ruled that racially based restrictive convenants are invalid under the Fourteenth Amendment
  • Sweatt v. Painter

    Sweatt v. Painter

    Issue: DId Texas violated the equal right clause, which refused admission to the school of law Court's Decision: Affirmed
  • Briggs v. Elliott

    Briggs v. Elliott

    Issue: Unequal and segregated schools for black children Court's Decision: oringinally infavor
  • Brown II

    Brown II

    Issue: Brown declared racial discrimination in publice education unconstitutional Court's Decision: 9 votes for Brown 0 votes against. equal protection
  • Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

    Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka

    Issue: Supreme Court case in which the court declared state laws to establish seperate public schools for black and whites Court's Decision: Decision was overturned
  • Gayle v Browder

    Gayle v Browder

    Issue: segregation on Alabama busses unconstitutional Court's Decision: in Gayles favor
  • Civil Rights Act of 1957

    Civil Rights Act of 1957

    Established civil rights division in the Justice department, blacks right to vote
  • Executive Order 11063

    Executive Order 11063

    Equal opportunity in housing
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, etc
  • Voting Rightd Act of 1965

    Voting Rightd Act of 1965

    concerted efforts to break the grip of state disfranchisement had been under way for sometime