Equal rights

Civil Rights

  • 13th amendment

    13th amendment

    It abolished slavery except as a punishment of a crime.
  • 14th amendment

    14th amendment

    Granted citizenship rights and equlal protection for the issues of former slaves as well as landmarks, and abortion.
  • 15th amendment

    15th amendment

    Made it available for everyone to vote. Making it illegal to deny someone to vote based on race, color or previous servitude.
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    Jim crow laws

    Seperate but equal rights. Called dejure in the south, and de facto in the north.
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    literacy tests

    You had to take a test to be able to vote. Making it difficult for african americans to vote.
  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson

    Racial segregation, plessy was arrested for civil disobedience.
  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment

    Women got the right to vote, making it illegal to be denied to vote based on sex.
  • Korematsu v. united states

    Korematsu v. united states

    Japenese americans could be put in interment camps and was considered constitutional.
  • Sweatt v. painter

    Sweatt v. painter

    Sweatt was refused admission to the school of law of the unvierisity of texas. At the time no school in texas would admit african american students.
  • Brown v. board of education

    Brown v. board of education

    Seperate schools for blacks and whites became unconstitutional.
  • Montgomery bus boycott

    Montgomery bus boycott

    An african women wouldn't give up her seat on the bus, Alabama and montgomery ruled segregation on busses unconstituitional.
  • Ruby bridges

    Ruby bridges

    First black child to attend an all white school, William Frantz Elementary School.
  • Affirmative action

    Affirmative action

    Positive discrimination and employment equality.
  • 24th amendment

    24th amendment

    Prohibited poll taxes, which made it almost impossible for african americans to vote. Poll taxes were ruled unconstitiutional.
  • Civil rights act of 1964

    Civil rights act of 1964

    Outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex. or origin.
  • Voting rights act of 1965

    Voting rights act of 1965

    Made racial discrimination illegal in voting, especially in the south.
  • Poll taxes

    Poll taxes

    Everyone had to pay a tax fee which made it difficult for african americans to vote since they couldn't pay the tax. It was declared unconstitutional.
  • Loving v. virginia

    Loving v. virginia

    Racial integrity act of 1924 was ruled unconstitutional.
  • Robert Kennedys speech

    Robert Kennedys speech

    Instead of campaining for himself he talked about peace for martin luther king jr.
  • Reed v. reed

    Reed v. reed

    Admin of estates could not discriminate against certain sexes.
  • Regents of university of california v. bakke

    Regents of university of california v. bakke

    Bakke wasn't admitted to univerisity of california twice. Court ruled that bakke be admitted.
  • Equal rights amendment

    Equal rights amendment

    Equal rights for women
  • Bowers v. hardwick

    Bowers v. hardwick

    Right to privacy for two concenting homosexuals to have sex, was ruled illegal.
  • Americans with disabilities act

    Americans with disabilities act

    Prohibits discrimination based on disability. Also reqiures employers to provide reasonable accomodations to employees with disabilities.
  • Lawerance v. texas

    Lawerance v. texas

    Made same sexual activity legal
  • Fisher v. texas

    Fisher v. texas

    Fisher wasn't acceted into a college, the court ruled they had to change their admission policy.
  • Indiana's gay rights

    Indiana's gay rights

    Ruled unconstitutional by local courts, going to be in the supreme court not to long from now to make the final decision on wether or not gays can marry.