Civil Rights

By schnellashland
  • 13th Amendment

    13th Amendment

    This amendment abolished slavery and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime.
  • 14th Amendment

    14th Amendment

    This amendment granted citizenship to all people born or naturalized in the United States, including formerly enslaved people.
  • 15th Amendment

    15th Amendment

    This amendment granted the right to vote to all men regardless of ethnicity or prior slave status.
  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson

    This case ruled that segregation laws didn't violate the Constitution, and upheld the "equal, but separate" doctrine.
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    This amendment prohibited denying the right to vote based on sex, so basically giving women the right to vote.
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    Progression of Indian Rights

    Native Americans were granted citizenship in 1924, but had to fight for voting rights and protections and rights were added by the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
  • Brown v. Topeka Board of Education

    Brown v. Topeka Board of Education

    This case ruled that segregating children in public schools based on race was unconstitutional.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1957

    Civil Rights Act of 1957

    This act established the Civil Rights section of the Justice Department and empowered federal prosecutors to obtain court injunctions against interference with the right to vote.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1960

    Civil Rights Act of 1960

    This act helped strengthen the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
  • Bailey v. Patterson

    Bailey v. Patterson

    This case prohibited racial segregation of interstate and intrastate transportation facilities.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1964

    Civil Rights Act of 1964

    This act prohibited discrimination based on race, color, national origin, etc. in public accommodations, public education, and federally assisted programs.
  • 24th Amendment

    24th Amendment

    This amendment forbid imposing taxes on voters.
  • Voting Rights Act of 1965

    Voting Rights Act of 1965

    This act outlawed discriminatory voting practices.
  • Loving v. Virginia

    Loving v. Virginia

    This case determined that prohibiting interracial marriage was unconstitutional.
  • Civil Rights Act of 1968

    Civil Rights Act of 1968

    This act prohibited discrimination concerning the sale, rental, and financing of housing based on race, color, national origin, race, or sex.
  • Jones v. Mayer Co.

    Jones v. Mayer Co.

    This case determined that federal law bars all racial discrimination in the sale or rental of property.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1970

    This act extended expiring provisions from the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
  • Griggs v. Duke Power Co.

    Griggs v. Duke Power Co.

    This case determined that certain education requirements and intelligence tests used as conditions of employment acted to exclude African American job applicants, did not relate to job performance, and were prohibited.
  • 26th Amendment

    26th Amendment

    This amendment established the voting age to be 18 years old.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1975

    This act expanded expiring provisions and added language-minority provisions.

  • Voting Rights Act of 1982

    This act extended expiring provisions and clarified Congressional intent.