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14th Amendment
Grants citizenship to all people born in the US 14th -
15th Amendment,
Grants voting rights to African American men -
Plessy v. Ferguson
justice brown rulec that in this case the 13th nor the 14th amndement was being violated. -
19th Amendment,
Gives right to vote to women -
Eleanor Roosevelt
she was a civil rights leader that advocated for basic rights for all citizienss. -
Mendez v. Westminster,
In its ruling, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in an en banc decision, held that the segregation of Mexican and Mexican American students into separate "Mexican schools" was unconstitutional. this was 10years before the brown v. board of education -
Hector P. Garcia
In 1948, Dr. Garcia founded the American GI Forum, empowering Mexican Americans to fight numerous legal and political battles against discrimination -
Delgado v. Bastrop ISD
Landmark case in Texas that dealt with racial segregation -
Sweatt v. Painter
was a U.S. Supreme Court case that successfully challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation established by the 1896 case -
Thurgood Marshall
the first black to be on the supreme court. he was also on the brownv. board of education. -
Hernandez v. Texas,
was a landmark United States Supreme Court case that decided that Mexican Americans and all other racial groups in the United States had equal protection under the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. -
brown v. board of education
Brown v. Board of Education, was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutiona -
Rosa Parks
refussed to give up her seat to a white man on the bus she was arrested. -
orval fabus
was against desegregation of little rock central high school. -
George Wallace
he was running agaisnt paterson for govner in alabama. wallace refussed the Ku Klux Klan. Wallace thereupon received the endorsement of the NAACP -
Dolores Huerta
dolores was the co-founder of united farm workers with cesar chavez. the day bobby kenendey was killed she was standing rite next to him before it happened. -
Cesar Chavez
cesar chavez is the founder of ufw which is the united farm workers -
Betty Friedan (The Feminine Mystique),
she wrote rhe famous book " the feminie mystique" in her book she says that women who arestay at home moms who cook clean and obeys the husbands are slaves and that women had the right to do whatever they wanted. -
Martin Luther King,
he was a major figure in the civil rights movement. he gave the speech "i have a dream" which sticks with us il this day. he was a beliver in non viiolents -
24th Amendment
Passed to prevent voting discrimination against the poor by outlawing poll taxes -
civil rights act 1964
differed from earlier attemps to adress minority rights by focusing on ending discrimination in the work place -
Jr., Lyndon Baines Johnson
he was the 36th preisdent of the united states he singed multiple bills while in office such as the voting right the medicare etc. -
25th Amendment
If the President of the United State dies in office, the Vice President will assume the position of the presidency. -
Barbara Jordan
she was the first aerican american elected to the senate. -
Tinker v. De Moines
Ruling was that the 1st Amendment applies to public schools with regards to regulating speech in the classroom -
title ix
Title IX is a law passed in 1972 that requires gender equity for boys and girls in every educational program that receives federal funding. -
Edgewood ISD v. Kirby
Landmark case in Texas, redistributed property taxes to poorer districts, led to Robin Hood legislation -
26th Amendment
Passed due to the fact that citizens were being drafted into the military at the age of 18, but were not allowed to vote
