-
Scott v Stanford
In Scott v. Stanford, the Supreme Court ruled that African American whether free or not, were not considered American citizens and can not sue in federal court. -
Period: to
Reconstruction & Reconstruction Amendments
This was an era after the Civil War when the North attempted to help rebuild the South. Huge amounts of Union Soldiers occupied the south. This attempt at reconstruction was also an attempt at accepting the South back into the Union. -
Period: to
Jim Crow Era
A collection of state and local laws that legalized racial segregation. Named after a stage character who was portrayed as a clumsy and dimwitted black slave. From the 1880s into the 1960s, a series of laws were made to enforce segregation. For example in Florida the schools for white children and the school for negro children were to be conducted separately. And in Alabama passenger waiting for buses were to have seperate waiting room and ticket windows for the white and color race. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
A landmark decision by the Supreme court that upheld the segregation laws for public facilities as long as they were equal. The famous line “Separate but equal” came from the case. -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment states that the right to vote cannot be denied or abridged because of gender and that Congress has the power to enforce this by “appropriate legislation. -
Period: to
Scottsboro Boys
Nine boys were arrested on a minor charge after a fight broke out on a freight train car. Those arrested ranged from 13-19. When deputies asked two women who were on board, they accused the boys of raping them. The boys were moved to a tiny town of Scottsboro to be on trial for their lives. The whole trial was against the boys’ favor, violating many Due Process rights such as Double Jeopardy, the right to an unbiased environment and jury and the right to the best possible attorney. -
George Stinney case
-
Brown v. Board
Landmark Supreme Court case in which the Court unanimously declared that state laws establishing separate schools for black and white students unconstitutional. -
Civil Rights Act of 1964
-
Voting Rights Act of 1965
-
Civil Rights Act of 1968
Also known as the Fair Housing Act, a landmark act that provided for equal housing opportunities regardless of race, religion, or national origin, and made it a federal crime to "by force or by threat of force, injure, intimidate, or interfere with anyone … by reason of their race, color, religion, or national origin." -
California v. Bakke
-
Gratz v. Bollinger
-
Meredith v. Jefferson Co Board
The Supreme Court cracked down on school segregation on this case, stating that the policies that Jefferson Co Board were not constitutional. Chief Justice John Roberts stated, "The way to stop discrimination on the basis of race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race." -
Shelby County v. Holder