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Landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities under the "seperate but equal" policy.
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Federal court case tthat challenged racial segregation in Orange County, California schools.
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Courtcase which prohibited the segregation of
Mexican-Americans in Texas -
Executive order No. 9981- equal treatment and opportunity in the armed forces.
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U.S. Supreme court case that successfully challenged the
"seperate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation established by the 1896 Plessy v. Ferguson case. -
Landmark case "the first and only" Mexican-American civil rights case heard and decided by U.S. Supreme Court during post -WWII period.
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Landmark establishing seperate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
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Initiated a greater federal role in protecting the rights of African Americans & other minorities.
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Outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, color, or nationality.
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Aimed to overcome legal barriers at the state & local levels that prevented African Americans from excersising their right to vote under the 15th amendment.
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U.S. Supreme Court decision that defined the constitutional rights of students in U.S. public schools.
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Case in which the U.S. Supreme Court found that Amish children could not be placed under compulsory education passed 8th grade.
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Declared that the 1970 reapportionment plan was unconstitutional for discrimination against racial and ethnic groups.
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A landmark case concerning public school finance citing discrimination against students in poor school districts.
