Oscar'a Civil rights timeline

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  • 13th Amendment (African Americans)

    This amendment declared that Slavery was illegal and would be considered a punishable offense

  • 14th Amendment

    This amendment made it possible for all people born inside the borders of the U.S or its embassies to become citizens.

  • 15th Amendment

    This gave people of all races the ability to vote inside of the U.S. This mainly allowed African Americans the ability to vote.

  • Plessy V Ferguson

    This court case declared that separate but equal is perfectly fine allowing for segregation in the south
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    United Farm Workers

    THis was one of the organizations that searched to gain civil rights for Hispanic Americans. They demanded equal pay, education, employment,and other basic civil rights.
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    Chicano Youth Movement

    This movement led to the ability to gain work/labor laws for migrant workers namely Mexican Americans.

  • Delgado V Bastrop I.S.D

    This case declared that the segregation of Mexican children is illegal and not allowed in the state of Texas.

  • Sweatt V Painter

    This court case overturned Plessy V Ferguson ending the legalization of segregation in the U.S

  • Hernandez V Texas

    This case made it so that people of all colors were allowed on the jury commitee and Jury which selected jury duty

  • Brown V Board of Education

    This Court case decided to end segregation in the school system and allowed for African Americans to be allowed to go to school with White children.
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    Women's Movement

    THis movement led to the further equalization of rights for Men and Women. This is characterized as the second wave of feminism for.

  • Gideon V Wainwright

    This court case established that all states must provide a lawyer if the defense can't afford one.

  • Escobedo V Illinois

    This case decided that all people are allowed to have their lawyer present during interrogation.

  • Miranda V Arizona

    This decided that a defense cannot have their own words used against them if they are not told so.
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    Black Panther(Not the Movie)

    This group of mainly African Americans originally wanted to patrol neighborhoods to stop police brutality however soon turned into a group that called for all African Americans to arm themselves and seek compensation for slavery and other things caused by "White America"
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    American Indian Movement

    THis movement searched to gain retribution from the U.S government for the people who had been displaced due to being forced off of their reservations.

  • Tinker V Des Moines

    This case decided that freedom of speech can be suppressed if it disrupts school or others.

  • Wisconsin V Yoder

    This case decided that children did not have to attend Compulsory school if it disobeyed their religion and hurt their rights.

  • White V Regester

    This court case decided that making one of the Texas counties over 1000 sq miles big holding mostly Mexicans was unconstitutional and forced Texas to change the districts.

  • Edgewood ISD v Kirby

    This case organized for equal taxation of all students regardless of race mainly the mexican americans.