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Civil Rights Act of 1866
This act made it illegal to discriminate against anyone or deny citizenship in the United States based on race, ethnicity, or if they were a slave. All US citizens were granted the full benefits of the act and were all granted the same rights under the law. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
This case challenged the situation of an act coming out that would make it so that white and black people would have to ride in separate train cars. This act is called the separate car act, and would soon be abolished in the Brown v. Board of Education act. Many people tried to keep the separate cars act in tact, eventually justice was served. -
Beattie v. Board of Education
This case brought to light that students were being discriminated against and excluded because of a disability. The teacher told a student that they were nauseating to look at because of how their faced look because of their disability. The teacher argued that the student took up too much of their time in the classroom and was not worth it. -
Brown v. Board of Education
The vote that segregation in schools was unanimously voted unconstitutional, this case brought to light that acts like the “separate but equal” act were as far from equality as they could get. This act would inspire sit-ins and boycotts that would finally impact discrimination that had been going on for years. -
Mills v. Board of Education
Seven students started this act, these students had been denied things in their classroom because of their mental abilities. The board claimed that their reasoning was because they could not financially afford it. If the funds were not available than the funds should be spread more equally to benefit every child. It seemed odd that the funds are available for the children who do not have exceptional qualities, but suddenly the funds disappear when talking about the exceptional children. -
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
This act is a national law that protects individuals from being discriminated against based on their disabilities. This act forbids employers of denying someone with a disability any sort of benefits or services as long as they are eligible. This act also forbids employers to not hire someone based on disability alone. It also requires that employers accommodate disabilities in the workplace. -
Public Law #94-142
This act granted free and fulfilling public education to everyone regardless of whether you are exceptional or not. This act was not the first to touch subjects like this but it was a stepping stone to ensure all children and adults from the ages of 3-21 were getting the same and fair education. -
The Rowley Case
This case has to do with a little girl named Amy, Amy is deaf but she is great at reading lips. Her parents wanted an ASL interpreter with her in class. It was deemed that the interpreter did not help out Amy in the classroom, however, her parents fought for her. This resulted in the Rowley’s saying that the school denying the interpreter was violating the “free appropriate public education” act. -
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
This law is extremely important because it prevents discrimination in the workplace regardless of who you are. This law made it so that things like telecommunication devices and transportation were not denied to someone because of a disability. This law also stated that at least the minimum of accessibility is present in the workplace. Businesses also must take the necessary steps to communicate with disabled customers as well.
Helpful link
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No Child Left Behind
This act made sure that schools were being held accountable for the progress and success of their students. People became concerned that less and less children were progressing and it was becoming a concern. This law added more evaluations for teachers to make sure that they were fit for teaching. They wanted to make sure that the teachers are highly qualified to teach the students so that the students have the highest possibility of succeeding.
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