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Plessy VS Ferguson
In 1890 a law was passed in the State of Louisiana that required separate accommodations for blacks and whites. A group of people (blacks and whites) formed a committee to try and fight this law. Plessy was mixed and was persuaded to do an orchestrated test by the committee, he had to sit in the “whites” only train. He was arrested, convicted and sentenced to pay a fine of $25. Plessy was ruled against by the Supreme Court but his case marked the first post reconstruction of the 14th amendment. -
Brown VS the board of Education of Topeka
This was a case in which the court declared state laws starting separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional. The case overturned the Plessy VS Ferguson case from 1896. There was a 9-0 unanimous decision by the Warren Court's that said "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal," and was ruled a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. -
Civil Rights Act
This law prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, and national origin in programs and activities receiving federal financial assistance. It ended unequal application of voter registration requirements and racial segregation in schools, at work and by facilities that helped the general public. -
Education of all Handicapped Children Act
This act made all public schools getting federal funds to give equal access to education and one free meal a day for kids with disabilities. Schools had to evaluate handicapped children and create an educational plan with the parents input that follow the educational experience of non-disabled students as good as possible. It also required that school districts offer administrative procedures so that parents of disabled children could argument any decisions made about their children’s education. -
Plyer VS Doe
The case of Plyer V. Doe basically was that texas was denying the enrollment of students at school because they did not have legal documentation that proved they were legal residents. The state declared this to be discrimination and told the districts they had no right or in other words they were not "ice agents."
