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Dred Scott, Plaintiff in Error v. John F. A. Sanford
The Supreme Court denied Citizenship to Black People, setting the stage for their treatment as second class citizens.
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Black Codes
Segregation Begins - Public schools were segregated, and Blacks were barred from serving on juries, and testifying against Whites.
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Civil Rights Act of 1875
Discrimination in places of public accommodation was prohibited. https://docs.google.com/a/student.brillion.k12.wi.us/document/d/114iHZcuHkr3tO6Sm-c3XFRsaIWXJaFyfGosaNUm3LtM/edit -
Homer Adolf Plessy, Plaintiff in Error v. J.H. Ferguson, Judge of Section “A” Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans
Plessy v. Ferguson established the “separate but equal” doctrine that would become the constitutional basis for segregation. https://docs.google.com/a/student.brillion.k12.wi.us/document/d/114iHZcuHkr3tO6Sm-c3XFRsaIWXJaFyfGosaNUm3LtM/edit -
National Association for the Advancement of Color People Founded
The NAACP became the primary tool for the legal attack on segregation, eventually trying the Brown v. Board of Education case. https://docs.google.com/a/student.brillion.k12.wi.us/document/d/114iHZcuHkr3tO6Sm-c3XFRsaIWXJaFyfGosaNUm3LtM/edit -
NAACP Begins Challenging Segregation
Houston developed a legal strategy that would eventually lead to victory over segregation in the nation’s schools through the Brown v. Board case. Houston’s rationale for attacking segregated law schools was largely two-pronged. First, the establishment of separate but equal law school facilities for Black and White students would become too costly for the states. Second, White judges who matriculated in some of the nation’s finest law schools couldn’t, in good conscience, suggest that Black law -
Brown v. Board of Education
The court overturned Plessy v. Ferguson, and declared that racial segregation in public schools violated the Equal Protection clause of the 14th Amendment. https://docs.google.com/a/student.brillion.k12.wi.us/document/d/114iHZcuHkr3tO6Sm-c3XFRsaIWXJaFyfGosaNUm3LtM/edit -
Brown 2
Brown 2 was intended to work out the mechanics of desegregation. Due to the vagueness of the term “all deliberate speed,” many states were able to stall the Court’s order to desegregate their schools. The legal and social obstacles that southern states put in place and encouraged, in their effort to thwart integration, served as a catalyst for the student protests that launched the civil rights movement. https://docs.google.com/a/student.brillion.k12.wi.us/document/d/114iHZcuHkr3tO6Sm-c3XFRsaIWX