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Dred Scott was a slave who moved to a free state with the consent of his then-master Emerson. When Emerson died, Scott tried to purchase both the freedom of himself and his family, but the estate refused. Scott then filed an action in a federal court which applied Missouri law to the state where Scott was purchased and currently lived. -
The 13th Amendment created out of the ashes of the American Civil War. The purpose of the 13th Amendment was to outlaw slavery and indentured servitude in all of their forms in the United States. -
The Fourteenth Amendment stopped unlawful actions by states. It also gave Congress the power to enforce the amendment through new laws that benefited and were fair to everyone. The Fourteenth Amendment represents part of the extension of the power of the national government over the states. -
The Fifteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the federal and state governments from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen’s “race, color, or previous condition of servitude”.It was ratified on February 3, 1870, as the third and last of the Reconstruction Amendments. -
The 19th amendment to the United States Constitution states women are now granted the right to vote. Before this amendment was adopted by the citizens of the United States, one must consider where the idea came from for giving women the right to vote. -
Plessy v. Ferguson was important because it essentially established the constitutionality of racial segregation. As a controlling legal precedent, it prevented constitutional challenges to racial segregation for more than half a century until it was finally overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka -
It is important legislation that plays a significant role in defining the employment procedures in today’s workplace. Racial discrimination will continue to be prohibited and it has sparked an increase in anti-discrimination awareness as it is designed to promote equal opportunities, equality, and promote fairness. As a federal law, it is unlawful for an employer to discriminate against a prospective employee from being hired based on gender, race, national origin, and religion. -
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas was a milestone in American history, as it began the long process of racial integration, starting with schools. Segregated schools were not equal in quality, so African-American families spearheaded the fight for equality. Brown v. Board stated that public schools must integrate. -
This act was signed into law by President Lyndon Johnson on August 6, 1965. He aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state and local levels that prevented African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th amendment to the Constitution of the United States. -
In the Supreme Court case of Reed v. Reed, 1971, The Extent of Equal Rights, two parents sought the ownership of their deceased son's estate. Richard Lynn Reed was still a minor when he passed without a will addressing which of his possessions would go to whom, both of his parents, Cecil and Sally Reed, made advances to claim their adoptive son's land. Both Cecil and Sally filed applications to become the administrator of the estate to the Idaho court, who then held a joint hearing for them. -
Title IX paved the way for equal treatment of girls and women in career counseling, vocational training, admissions, athletics, extracurricular activities, and employment and promotion decisions. Title IX also assists in creating a climate of intolerance for sexual harassment and tracking on the basis of gender in educational programs. -
Regents of the University of California v. Bakke 1978 Introduction Race equality has been an arduous issue in the United States. Regents of the University of California v. Bakke 1977 is a landmark Supreme Court case that brought scrutiny to racial discrimination in the college admission process. -
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) strictly “prohibits discrimination and ensures equal opportunity for persons with disabilities in employment, State and local government services, public accommodations, commercial facilities, and transportation. This law, enacted in 1990, was created so that people with disabilities have the same rights and opportunities as everyone else in society so that they don’t get left behind. -
Obergefell v. Hodges is the Supreme Court Case that gay marriage legal in all fifty states. The case required that all states allow gay marriages and recognize gay marriages that happened in other states. It was a 5-4 decision that was based on the Equal Protection Clause in the 14th amendment.
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