Timeline of Landmark Legislation

  • Native Americans Boarding School

    Native Americans Boarding School
    The U.S Government established the Native American boarding school around the 19th century. Native American schools were founded to eliminate the American Indian ways of life and replace them with the American culture. Today there are still boarding schools. A bad thing about Native American boarding schools was that young children were forced to leave their families and lost their native American identities and cultures.
  • Plessy V Ferguson

    Plessy V Ferguson
    Homer was an American Activist. Homer was born a free man. He was 1/8 and ⅞ white. Plessy got arrested because he did not consider himself black and refused to move to the colored train. He decide to go to court. Homer A Plessy desired equality, Protection, Freedom, and rights for all color skin people. Plessy V Ferguson was a law that allowed for “equal but separate for the whites and colored people.”Plessy V Ferguson was a victory for civil right activist.
  • Brown V Board of Education

    Brown V Board of Education
    The Brown V Board of Education was a supreme court case. A law establishing separate public schools for white and black students was unconstitutional. An African man from Topeka, Kansas, was angry because his daughter had to walk a long distance to school just because she was denied in a white school which was five blocks away. This case has to do with separating a race in school. The judges of the supreme court agreed that separating children of all color should not be accepted.
  • Little Rock Nine

    Little Rock Nine
    Little Rock Nine was a nine group of black students who entered an all-white school. Back then, white and blacks were separated. They suffered racism, and the white students screamed and said rude things. This action made a significant impact on equal opportunity for America.
  • Engle V Vitale

    Engle V Vitale
    Engel V Vitale was a landmark in the United States. The supreme court ruled that there should be no religious activities in public schools. The state said that there are no prayers in any public school. Religious activities should not be involved in any school. Public schools should be free of religion.
  • Crystal City High-school

    Crystal City High-school
    In 1969 Mexican Americans of Crystal City School did a protest due to their discrimination by the school board.They were prohibited from speaking Spanish. The Supreme Court stated No state should deny non-English learners equal education to any individual.
  • Title IX

    Title IX
    Title IX Law has brought equality for women in school and sports
    No longer discrimination in women's higher education, college, sports, and education for pregnant students, Sexual harassment, technology, standardized testing, math, and science. Title IX law is gender equality in education. It brought Women can also have success, Received federal funding also. Boys and girls are equal.
  • Lau Vs Nichols

    Lau Vs Nichols
    American Chinese Students didn't receive help due to their non-speaking English. Lau's family argued that they were discriminated against due to their nationality. In 1974 the supreme court said that the SFUSD treated the Chinese students unequally based on their language. Lau Vs. Nichols impact by having special programs for ELL students. The Supreme Court said No state should deny non-English learners equal education to any individual.
  • IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)

    IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education Act)
    President Gerald Ford signed the IDEA Act. About 47 years ago, on November 29, 1975, the federal law of IDEA passed. It's a law that all students, no matter what disability they have, can receive free public education and have the same resources and opportunities as non-disability students. The purpose of IDEA is to have equality for disability students. The act of IDEA impacted because it gives protection and right to disabled children.
  • Pyler V Doe

    Pyler V Doe
    Pyler v Doe landmark legislation brought all children equal protection. James pyler was sued. All undocumented children meaning immigrant children, have the right to attend a public school. Also, Public schools should not charge immigrant students.
  • Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier

    Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier
    Hazelwood's High-school was accused of violating the school's newspaper team. Some students wrote some articles. The articles talked about teen pregnancy and divorce. Principal Reynolds removed them before the paper was published because the publications were inappropriate. The students claimed the school had violated their First Amendment Rights.
  • Grutter v. Bollinger

    Grutter v. Bollinger
    Barbara Grutter, a white resident of Michigan, applied for a law school in Michigan. Her GPA was 3.8, but she was denied admission. The school was electing students by their race. The supreme court held that there should be no rejection or acceptance based on their race.