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13th Amendment
The 13th amendment abolished slavery -
14th Amendment
The 14th Amendment granted citizenship to all persons born or naturalized in the United States -
15th Amendment
The 15th Amendment prevents the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizens color, race, or previous condition servitude -
Plessy v Ferguson
Upheld constitutionality of "separate but equal facilities" based on race -
Mendez v Westminister
Challenged racial segregation in Orange County schools in California -
Delgado vs Bastrop ISD
U.S. district court in Austin prohibits segregation of Mexican-American students in Bastrop and other Central Texas school districts -
Sweatt vs Painter
It ruled that the separate professional schools for blacks were not up to standards and did not meet the "test of equality" -
Hernandez ns Texas
During the post-World War II period it was the first and only Mexican-American civil-rights case heard and decided by the United States Surpreme Court -
Brown v Board of Education
Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional -
Civil rights act of 1957
this is the voting bill, and everyone votes now -
24th Amendment
Prohibits any poll tax in elections for federal officials -
Civil rights at of 1964
outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, or national origin -
Voting rights act of 1965
that prohibits racial discrimination in voting -
Edgewood vs Kirby
Texas case that redistributes property taxes equally across the state from richer districts to poorer districts, it ended discrimination against poor school districts.
