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Dred Scott was a slave who wanted to be freed. He sued but the Supreme Court said that he could not sue because he was a slave and had no rights. He had moved to the North where he would should have been freed but he wasn't because he was still owned in the South.
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The Amendments: 13, 14, 15.
Reconstruction is when the Government wanted to give black people more rights. -
When racial tensions were very bad and everything was segregated.
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This case outlined the racial laws of separate but equal. A black student wanted to go to a white school but was denied because of his race.
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This amendment was the right to vote for women.
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Group of black boys who were falsely accused of raping two women. They were judged in court heavily based on their race.
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He was put to death at 14 years old mainly because of racial discrimination.
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George Stinney was accused of murder and was put to death at age 14. He was mainly judged racially.
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This is when the Supreme Court realized that segregated schools were unconstitutional. They included the doll test in with their case.
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This created the protected classes of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
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This overcame the barrier that local governments created to stop black people from voting.
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This prohibited discrimination concerning the sale of housing based on race, religion, national origin and sex.
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This said that judging based on race who got in to a school was unconstitutional, but that sometimes affirmative action was constitutional.
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They were denied because of their race because they were white.
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This was another case where a white student did not get in because they needed a black student. (Louisville School Integration)
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elimination of preclearance enforcement