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Abolished slavery and "involuntary servitude".
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Freed Black Americans, states can no longer deny them equal rights.
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African American right to vote.
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legal segregation of colors.
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These were implemented in order to keep poor or uneducated african americans from being able to vote after the 15th amendment was passed.
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Involved a 1/8th colored free man that boarded the "white-only" train car and was told to move and was arrested for not doing so. This case established the "Separate but Equal" doctrine on a federal level.
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This amendment granted all women the right to vote.
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Deemed the interment of japanese americans in the midst of WWII constitutional as it was a time of war.
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Attempted to reverse the "separate but equal descision" but fell short as the specific circumstances didn't allow for a definite descision. Played a big role in Brown v. Board of Education.
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Reversed the "separate but equal" doctrine, brought up by segregation within the school system to show that "separate but equal" wasn't really equal.
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Boycott from riding the bus after the Rosa Parks incident
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Ended Poll taxes for voting.
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Prevents discrimination from public welfare, areas, and facilities based on race or ethnicity. Prohitibed unequal application of voting requirements and expanded the civil rights commision.
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Attempted to overcome barriers at the state and local levels that prevented african americans from using their 15th amendment right to vote.
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Very influential speech in civil rights and caused mass rioting all over the u.s.
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Stopped gender discrimination in decided who obtains the estate of a deceased relative.
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Allows for affirmative action but banned racial quotas.
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This was meant to ban sexual discrimination for work and other opportunities. It fell short in being ratified and was never implemented.
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Upheld the Georgia Sodomy Law banning gay oral and anal sex.
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This act ended legal discrimination against people with diabilities within the workplace and other opportunities. It was modeled after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, but to contain people with disabilities.
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Attempt to end federal affirmative action programs, was highly protested.
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Struck down all state sodomy laws.
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Failed to find anything illegal done by the university in it's affirmative action attempts.
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The gay marriage ban passed by the state was deemed unconstitutional.
