Legal Accomplishments of Civil Rights

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  • Jackie Robinson Integrating Major League Baseball

    Jackie Robinson helped put African-Americans in the MLB. This was a stepping stone for the integration of blacks into other sports.

  • Perez v. Sharp

    This case invalidated the ban on interracial marriage in California. The first court case to do so.

  • Sweatt v. Painter

    Court case challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine from Plessy v Ferguson.

  • Brown v. Board of Education

    Overturned racial segregation in schools based soley on race because it can inhibits a child's ability to learn

  • Civil Rights Act of 1957

    Protected legal and voting rights for African-Americans. Lacked enforcement mechanisms

  • Executive Order 11063

    kennedy issues an order that there would be no more discrimination in federally funded housing projects

  • Equal Pay Act

    Made it so that employers had to pay all races equally, regardless of race and gender

  • Twenty Fourth Amendment

    Eliminated poll tax in federal elections

  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Gave black people the right to vote, and tried to eliminate racial discrimination, lots of federal supervision

  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    Provided equal housing opportunities for any race, creed, or origin and made it illegal to intimidate or injure someone based solely on race