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It was passed by the house on January 31st, 1865 and abolished slavery except as punishment for a crime.
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This was passed on July 9th, 1868 and was about citizenship rights and equal protection of the laws,
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The 15th amendment was updated in 1870 and it said that you can't deny a citizen the right to vote.
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Introduced to southern states between 1889 and 1910 had the effect of disenfranchising many blacks as well as poor whites, because payment of the tax was a prerequisite for voting.
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Refers to state government practices of administering tests to prospective voters purportedly to test their literacy in order to vote.
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United States Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of state laws requiring racial segregation in public facilities.
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The right for women to be able to vote.
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A case concerning the constitutionality of Executive Order 9066, which ordered Japanese Americans into internment camps during World War II regardless of citizenship.
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U.S. Supreme Court case that successfully challenged the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial segregation established by the 1896 case Plessy v. Ferguson.
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United States Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional.
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The Mongomery Bus Boycott was all about Rosa Parks and her not wanting to give up her seat on the bus to a white male. It lasted from 1955 until December of 1956.
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Jim Crow laws were introduced in the late 1800's and lasted until around 1960. These laws were all about segregation and race.
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Policies are those in which an "institution or organization actively engages in efforts to improve opportunities for historically excluded groups in American society.
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The 24th amendment prohibits requiring a poll tax for voters in federal elections. It was ratified in 1964.
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An act to relieve the act of racial discrimination upon others.
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Enforces the rights for anyone to be able to vote.
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Robert Kennedy gives a speech in Indianapolis, IN shortly after finding out of the assassination of MLK.
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Equal Protection case in the United States in which the Supreme Court ruled that the administrators of estates cannot be named in a way that discriminates between sexes.
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Gives women the same rights as men. It was introduced in 1923 and passed in 1972.
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It upheld affirmative action, allowing race to be one of several factors in college admission policy.
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A case arguing against homosexuality.
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The act prohibited the discrimination upon disabled people.
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A case making same-sex sexual activity legal in every U.S. state and territory.
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A case concerning the affirmative action admissions policy of the University of Texas at Austin.
