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Dred Scott v. Sandford

1857

A slave that lived in Illinois whom was originally from Missouri went back to Illinois and wanted freedom since Illinois was a free state, but was denied because black people could no be American Dread scott filed a lawsuit which the court ruled he was in fact still a slave and black people were not considered to be a citizens

13th amendment

Jan 31, 1865

After the civil war, the 13th amendment was passed which supposedly abolished slavery, but states had created their own laws, making it hard for POC to survive freely.

14th amendment

Jun 8, 1866

the 14th amendment gave citizenship to anyone who was born in the united states even slaves and it also gave people the right to life liberty and equal protection.

15th amendment

Feb 3, 1870

the 15th amendment gave rights to African American men to vote, but as easy as it sounds it wasn't because some states gave literacy test which was designed to purposely make black men fail so. they couldnt vote

Jim crow era

1877

The Jim crow era was basically an anti-black movement. This era was an era that provided lots of hatred laws to blacks which prevented them from getting an education, voting places were segregated.

Brown v. Board of Education

1954

This was a court case in which black students were being denied into law schools, and then they were admitted into what was called "black law school" this was taken to court and the court ruled that this was unconstitutional schools could no longer be segregated.

Civil Rights Act of 1964

1964

This act was an act that was put into so that discrimination could be lessened. Jobs and other places should no longer be able to discriminate against a person based on race, origin, religion, or sex

Affirmative Action

1965

The affirmative action is basically like the civil rights act jr this prohibited discrimination and helped people who had veteran status, disabilities, or age that is 40 years and older into getting jobs and assistance.

Voting Rights Act of 1965

1965

This act was passed to finally prevent states from subjecting many black men from voting. The 15th amendment ultimately gave black men the right to votes but certain states stripped them of this right and this act put a stop to it,

Reed v. Reed

1971

this court case was the first time that the Court applied the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to strike down a law that discriminated against because in Idaho it was a code that males must be preferred to females in appointing administrators of estates.

Regents of the University of California v. Bakke

1978

This was a court case that was brought to the supreme court because a university used race as a determining factor in the admission process which violated the Equal Protection Clause

Equal Rights Amendment

1982

This was an amendment that was introduced to protection against sexual discrimination for women under the law, but failed to get 38 states to agree on it

Nineteenth Amendment

Jun 4, 1982

The Nineteenth Amendment gave women the right to vote after not being able to vote for so long. Women like Ida B. Wells,Lucy Stone and so many others helped to make this possible.

Bowers v. Hardwick

1986

a couple arrested after sex in their own home after being observed by the police, they argued that that the Fourteenth Amendment does not prevent a state from criminalizing private sexual conduct with same-sex couples

Lawrence v. Texas

1986

The police walked in on two gay men having intercourse and they was arrested because Texas had a law that criminalized sexual conduct, which violation of the Due Process

Americans with Disabilities Act

1990

This act was put into place so that people with disabilities could not be denied the right to a job, transportation, certain types of programs and so much more. This right gave them equal protection to things the everyday citizen had.

Motor Voter Act

1993

this act makes it easier for all Americans to register to vote and to maintain their registration.

Plessy v. Ferguson

1996

This was a court case in which a mixed man (Homer Plessy) was arrested because he refused to sit in the blacks-only train because under Louisiana law he was black. His lawyers said this violated his 13th and 14th amendment but the courts said places had the right to be separated as long as they were equal.

Obergefell v. Hodges

2015

This is a court case in which groups of same sex couples sued agencies in Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, and Tennessee because they banned same sex marriage the court decided that the 14th Amendment requires all states to license marriages between same-sex couples